East Texas property owners represented by attorney Ted B. Lyon have reached a multi-million dollar settlement with the Explorer Pipeline Company over contamination resulting from a March 9, 2000 pipeline rupture and release of over 1.5 million gallons of the controversial gasoline additive MTBE and gasoline into East Caddo Creek, a tributary of Lake Tawakoni. The incident was the largest release of MTBE and gasoline in U.S. history. In 2003, the property owners settled their product liability claims related to MTBE against Valero, Phillips and Equilon.
Mr. Lyon also represented the City of Dallas against Explorer and settled that case in 2004 for a total settlement of 9.6 million dollars after taking the case to trial in Dallas, Texas.


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