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The POWER List 2023: Lon Walters
Staff Report//November 9, 2023//
Walters Law Firm, Kansas City
Lon Walters and his law firm have filed more than 35 cases against BP Corporation.
The first was a $13.3 million wrongful death settlement for a 69-year-old woman who lived near a BP refinery that a court determined exposed her to benzene. She was diagnosed with polycythemia vera which resulted in leukemia and other health conditions.
Walters led a confidential settlement for 28 cases that sprung from a closed Sugar Creek oil refinery. He also represented 500 clients alleging property damage by carbon black emissions from a Continental Carbon Company plant, reaching a confidential settlement.
The POWER List: Environmental & Energy Law 2023
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