The attorney for a group of W.R. Berkley Corp. companies that have filed suit against West Fertilizer Co. calls the retailer's lack of adequate insurance "irresponsible."
Paul A. Grinke of McCathern in Dallas adds he predicts his clients and others involved in lawsuits against the West, Texas facility that exploded last month will "be left holding the bag."
"Unfortunately I'm involved in a lot of cases dealing with underinsured properties but I've never been involved in something like this—a facility such as this one with so little insurance for the risk," Grinke tells PC360. Grinke represents the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys in a number of matters and was also counsel for a farming equipment manufacturer in Texas lawsuits regarding the outbreak of Listeria food poisoning in 2011.
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