Representatives of organized labor and consumer groups Thursday issued statements calling the Texas Supreme Court a "corrupt" protector of "corporate lawlessness" as attorneys prepared to argue over whether the former head of British Petroleum should be required to give a statement in a lawsuit over a petroleum refinery accident.
The state's highest civil court later heard oral argument in a case involving an attempt to obtain a deposition from former BP chief executive officer John Browne in regard to the 2005 explosion and fire at BP's Texas City refinery that killed 15 and injured anothe...
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