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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (11487)	11/13/2006 2:31:09 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218132

I would wager that the predominant factor in your customer's "very serious personal injury" was their personal stupidity, carelessness and negligence, and probably also failure to comply with government laws and BP training. My customer is a defendant being sued by the injured BP employee. I really cannot say any more--confidentiality and all that-- but I think you're not too far off the mark.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (11487)	11/13/2006 4:02:15 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218132

One major personal injury issue which I have never seen addressed is the harm to brains from lead in petrol/gasoline which blew out exhaust pipes and over crops and cities. At 0.84 grams per litre, which was a common amount used, and with say 8 km per litre [a common mileage in "Yank tanks"] and say 16,000 km per year, that's 1.6 kg a year sprayed out the back [other than some which got stuck in the engine and exhaust system to poison engine and exhaust pipe workers and their families [with dust carried home on clothing]. Lead exposure is old hat in my biz. That tort is playing out. Benzene-caused leukemia is the tort du jour in the oilfield, and a very profitable one it is. And the science behind the carcinogenicity of benzene is not junk. Diesel is carcinogenic, too. I have seen Exxon get hammered to the tune of $1 billion right here in my hometown for "NORM", naturally occurring radioactive material which, when cleaned out of drilling pipes and spread over the cleaning field, allegedly causes all kinds of evil things including contamination of the ground, ground water, extra thumbs, etc. I think this is equine manure, but there is a very nice cottage industry making lawyers very wealthy pursuing these types of claims. Not me, I am a defendants' lawyer 90% of the time. Defendants need lawyers, too, you know, butwe are not nearly as spectacularly well paid as plaintiffs' counsel. I would say that the junk science pursued by the claimants' bar - which my clients oppose - has done a lot to fund my QCOM portfolio, so there is some rough justice being done as they are indirectly funding the pixilation of photons, peace, love and understanding, etc.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (11487)	9/3/2007 5:36:49 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218132

Mq, according to the following, you have grossly misunderestimated the harm from lead in petrol, though I suspect the article is incorrect about the number of IQ points deficit due to 10 microgram per decilitre levels of lead in children. slate.com But it's 20 years now since I was scrutinizing data and it's certain that more precise data is now available. It looks as though the Flynn Effect can be single-handedly explained by the toxicity of lead in infants and children. The harm done by lead is something like $100,000 per person if that data is true. It is one of the world's great blunders to have polluted the planet with lead. And it's still common all over the place where it's not necessary. Where are class action lawyers when you need them? Associated Octel and others supplied lead. Their actions need scrutiny. Asbestos harm was trivial compared with the harm from lead in children. Mqurice