Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy Announces Take-Nothing Verdict in Mississippi...

Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy Announces Take-Nothing Verdict in
Mississippi Asbestos Exposure Trial

LAUREL, Miss., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Jackson, Miss.-based civil trial
law firm of Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy LLP is announcing a
take-nothing defense verdict in a Mississippi asbestos exposure lawsuit in
favor of Houston-based Union Carbide Corporation and two other defendants,
including ConocoPhillips Company and Montello, Inc.

Plaintiff Bob K. Martin of Lumberton, Miss. filed suit against the companies
in 2006 based on claims that his health problems were the result of his
alleged exposure to asbestos while working in oilfields located throughout the
southeastern United States between 1965 and 1986.

Following a two-week trial before Judge Billy Joe Landrum in Jones County
Circuit Court, jurors returned a take-nothing verdict for Union Carbide and
the other companies, rejecting each of the plaintiff's claims of negligence,
strict liability, design defect, inadequate warning, negligent infliction of
emotional distress, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The
verdict was delivered Sept. 9.

"We are very pleased about the jurors' careful consideration of the facts in
this case," says Marcy B. Croft, lead counsel from the Forman Perry defense
team representing Union Carbide, who worked in conjunction with National Trial
Counsel Kevin M. Jordan of Baker Botts, LLP, and Michael G. Terry of Hartline,
Dacus, Barger, Dryer & Kern, LLP. "We maintained from day one that our client
acted responsibly, and this verdict is proof."

Plaintiff Mr. Martin was represented by Greg Jones of the Texas firm Franklin
Cardwell & Jones; Robert Hammond of Hattiesburg, Mississippi; and Robert
Sullivan of Laurel, Mississippi.

Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy is a national trial firm focusing on civil
trial law with an emphasis on tort, environmental and commercial litigation.
The firm is home to more than 85 skilled attorneys in Jackson, Miss., Dallas,
Denver, Detroit, Houston and New Orleans who have represented clients in state
and federal courts across the U.S. for more than 20 years. Forman Perry's
pioneering work in the federal multidistrict litigation covering silica
products liability (MDL 1553) and asbestos products liability (MDL 875) has
led to the dismissal of tens of thousands of claims.

For more information on the verdict or to speak with a member of the trial
team, please contact Barry Pound at 800-559-4534 or barry@androvett.com.

SOURCE Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy LLP

Barry Pound, 1-800-559-4534, barry@androvett.com, for Forman Perry Watkins
Krutz & Tardy