By William A. Ruskin OSHA standards can significantly affect litigants in work-related tort litigation. Plaintiffs generally attempt (with mixed success) to use evidence of OSHA regulations to establish the duty owed by the defendants in those cases... Read More

By James J. A. Mulhall The Occupational Safety and Health Act ("Act"), which was signed by President Nixon on December 29, 1970, provided the basis for the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA").... Read More

HOUSTON - (AP) Federal and state officials are investigating what caused a fire that killed one worker at a natural gas liquid plant east of Houston, a facility that since 2004 has paid thousands of dollars in fines for serious violations that included... Read More

HOUSTON - (AP) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched an investigation into a 41-day benzene release at BP's Texas City refinery, the site of a massive explosion in 2005 that killed 15 workers. The EPA's investigation, announced... Read More

SAVANNAH, Ga. - (AP) Imperial Sugar has agreed to pay more than $6 million in fines for safety violations at two of its U.S. plants, including the Georgia refinery where a dust explosion killed 14 workers in 2008, federal regulators said Wednesday. The... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Crowell & Moring LLP has announced the addition of partner Kevin C. Mayer to the firm's Torts Group. Based in the firm's Los Angeles office, Mayer brings more than 25 years of litigation and trial experience to the firm's... Read More

PHILADELPHIA - Littler Mendelson P.C. announced the addition of Thomas Benjamin "Ben" Huggett as a shareholder in its Philadelphia office. Huggett is a labor lawyer with deep specialty in Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)-related... Read More