The West Fertilizer Co., site of a massive explosion that killed 15people and damaged or destroyed more than 100 homes, two schools and multiple businesses, carried $1million in liability insurance, National Underwriter has confirmed.
The explosion has revealed holes in insurance requirements, workplace safety, risk management, and land-use planning, but will poor oversight constitute a criminal act?
After a month-long scene investigation, investigators still do not know what caused the fire that led to a massive explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. in Texas.
Will all the points regarding holes in insurance requirements, workplace safety, risk management, oversight, and land-use planning persist against a backdrop of what could be a criminal act?
Paul A. Grinke, an attorney with McCathern in Dallas, predicts his clients and others involved in lawsuits against the West, Texas facility that exploded last month will "be left holding the bag."
The West Fertilizer Co., site of a massive explosion last month that killed 15 people and damaged or destroyed more than 100 homes, two schools, and multiple businesses, carried $1 million in liability insurance, PC360 has confirmed.
THE MASSIVE Explosion at a West, Texas fertilizer plant has caused at least $100 million in insured losses to property. Mark Hanna, spokesman of the Insurance Council of Texas, tellsPC360 from the small rural town of about 2,800 that damages include concussion-type losses. That is, some homes look normal from...
Workers at West Fertilizer Co. were not injured by the huge blast at the plant that killed 15 people, but the explosion did bring to the fore an emerging Workers Compensation issue of deep concern to the insurance industry.