On May 4, 2011, a jury at Smith County District Court has awarded
US$322 million to Thomas C. Brown who sued Chevron Phillips
Chemical and Union Carbide Corp., claiming he inhaled asbestos
dust while mixing drilling mud sold and manufactured…
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