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Someday the time may come for you to take a stand about an issue that truly matters. If and when that time comes, you will benefit from the help of a plaintiffs' firm that has the resources, experience and courage to take you through the entire process. We believe we are that firm.

Baron & Budd, P.C. represents individuals with mesothelioma and other diseases caused by asbestos; leukemia caused by benzene; and injuries caused by other toxic substances and pharmaceuticals. The firm also represents water authorities seeking clean-up costs for drinking water contamination; municipalities and securities investors defrauded by corporate wrongdoing; and consumers.

Since 1977, the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. has championed the rights of people and communities harmed by corporate misconduct. With more than 50 attorneys and offices in Texas, Louisiana and California, Baron & Budd enjoys a national reputation as a leader of the plaintiffs' bar.

Featured Case | National MTBE Settlement Provides Protection for Public Drinking Water

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Water is one of our most precious and essential natural resources. It is a symbol of purity. But modern industry has put our water at risk. Water pollution threatens to make our water undrinkable in some areas. A wide range of water contaminants—chemicals like MTBE, solvents like TCE and PCE, fertilizers and pesticides such as atrazine—are a real risk to the quality of our water, and Baron & Budd has stepped up to protect the purity and safety of our water supply.

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New safety study highlights public safety risk from unhealthy truck drivers

A new safety study by the Associated Press highlights the consequences of major health problems among tractor-trailer and bus drivers. When the driver of a 40+ ton 18-wheeler suffers a seizure or heart attack, the danger to other drivers and passengers is very real. In some cases, drivers of these large trucks--or "big rigs"--and buses have caused fatal accidents when they had seizures, heart attacks or blacked out while operating their vehicles.

Shareholders Petition Court to Delay EDS/Hewlett-Packard Merger Vote, Announces Baron & Budd, P.C.

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At a hearing scheduled by Collin County District Judge Greg Brewer on July 24, shareholders of Dallas-based Electronic Data Systems (EDS) will be asking the Court to postpone the July 31 shareholder meeting on the proposed sale of the company to Hewlett-Packard pending full disclosure and correction of deficiencies in the agreement, said Randall Baron of Coughlin, Stoia, Geller, Rudman & Robbins, LLP in San Diego.

Asbestos Found in Home Heating and Air Conditioning Equipment

DALLAS, TX (July 21, 2008) The law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. today announced that an unnamed mesothelioma patient and his family have reached a confidential settlement with several manufacturers of home heating and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment, including industry leaders Lennox, Trane and Carrier. The plaintiff developed mesothelioma, an extremely painful and fatal cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, after working for 40 years as a repairman on residential HVAC units, according to attorney John Langdoc.

Baron & Budd’s Burton LeBlanc Elected AAJ Parliamentarian

July 21, 2008 (Dallas, TX) – At its recent annual meeting in Philadelphia, longtime political activist and plaintiffs’ attorney Burton LeBlanc of Baron & Budd, P.C. was elected Parliamentarian, a national office of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), announced the firm today.

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EPA nearing cleanup of Walpole, Massachusetts Superfund site

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is closing in on a plan for cleanup of a 27-acre Walpole site contaminated by a series of industrial activities over four centuries. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the property was used by different industries, which left behind various hazardous... Read More

Asbestos-contaminated dormitory in Harrisonburg, Virginia to be demolished

The wild and crazy Mennonite guys living in Eastern Mennonite University’s Oakwood Dormitory are about to lose their home, temporarily anyway. The dorm, nicknamed “the animal house,” is scheduled for demolition in August 2008 to make way for a bigger, better, asbestos-free... Read More