A seaman who says he suffers from leukemia caused by exposure to benzene must deal with his employer’s attempt to move his lawsuit out of state.
Devon Magill traces the origins of his leukemia to when he worked as a deckhand in 2010 aboard the Dublin Sea, operated by K-Sea Transportation. The ship is a chemical tanker on a Gulf Coast charter.
He alleges the company was negligent for failing to properly train him on how to avoid benzene exposure.
Mr. Magill chose Vujasinovic and Beckcom to represent him. We filed his lawsuit Aug. 8 in Jefferson County District Court. He seeks compensation for pain, mental anguish, disfigurement, impairment, past and future medical expenses, lost wages and court costs.
K-Sea Transportation decided to file a motion Nov. 7 to transfer the case out of state on the grounds that it doesn’t do any business in Texas.
We know the court system in Jefferson and Harris Counties extremely well. As a responsible maritime law firm, we understand how important it is to file a case in the proper jurisdiction.
A report on the lawsuit appears in the Southeast Texas Record.
According to Wikipedia.com, benzene causes acute, aplastic and chronic leukemia; cancer; and bone marrow failure, among other diseases.
"It is generally considered that the only absolutely safe concentration for benzene is zero," stated the American Petroleum Institute (API) in 1948.
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