BP ex-CEO could testify on Texas City blast: lawyer - Reuters

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BP ex-CEO could testify on Texas City blast: lawyer

By Janet McGurty
34 minutes ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former BP Chief Executive Officer John Browne
may be forced to testify in a case stemming from a deadly 2005 Texas
refinery explosion now that he is no longer at the helm of the British
oil major, a lawyer for plaintiffs said on Thursday.

The court in February stayed an attempt to get Browne to testify about
the 2005 blast, which killed 15 workers and injured 170 more, when he
was heading up BP (BP.L).

Browne resigned unexpectedly on Tuesday after it emerged that during
legal proceedings, he had lied about how he met a gay former lover.
He was trying to prevent a UK newspaper from publishing details of
the affair.

Brent Coon, the Texas lawyer representing hundreds of injured plaintiffs
from the Texas City, Texas explosion, says now that Browne is not longer
CEO, BP can no longer claim bringing him in to testify would disrupt
operations.

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