Late teacher’s estate sues oil companies
May 30, 2011 11:44 PM
By SANFORD J. SCHMIDT
The Telegraph
EDWARDSVILLE – The estate of a beloved Roxana School District teacher and administrator, who died of leukemia in early 2008, is suing Shell Oil Co. and BP Products North America, claiming leaks from their refinery caused her illness.
Jeffry Ochs, special administrator of the estate of Debra Ochs, is suing on his own behalf, as the victim’s husband, and on behalf of their minor child, Annika Ochs.
The lawsuit filed in Madison County Circuit Court claims that while Debra Ochs was visiting her grandparents in South Roxana and while serving as a teacher and principal at Central Elementary School, she was “exposed to and inhaled, ingested or otherwise absorbed benzene, which was emitted, leaked, spilled, dumped and otherwise discharged into the air, and surface/groundwater by defendants. read more
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