California jury orders Chevron to pay families of two brothers who died of cancer a combined $21.4 million after concluding the company failed to properly warn the men about the dangers of a toxic solvent they worked with.
FILE- This Aug. 20, 2012, file photo, shows a Chevron sign in Miami. A Northern California jury ordered Chevron Corp. to pay the families of two brothers a combined $21.4 million after they claimed the men's exposure to a toxic chemical while working at a company plant caused the cancer that killed them. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that The Contra Costa County jury's verdict Friday, March 29, 2019.
The jury concluded that the solvent benzene caused the cancers that killed brothers Gary Eaves and Randy Eaves. The brothers worked at a tire manufacturer in Arkansas owned by Unocal for decades. San Ramon, California-based Chevron purchased Unocal in 2005. Both brothers at times worked as a "spray booth operator" responsible for spraying the solvent on tires. Gary also hauled tires coated in benzene.
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