The West Virginia Supreme Court issued two opinions upholding awards to chemical plant employees who developed leukemia after being exposed to benzene at work.
Case: PPG Industries v. Steele, No. 21-0231, and PPG Industries Inc. v. Wells, No. 21-0232, 02/10/2023, published.
Facts and procedural history: Douglas Steele and David Wells worked for PPG Industries Inc. Both men developed forms of leukemia and separately filed workers’ compensation claims asserting that their illnesses were a result of occupational exposure to benzene.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer ha...
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