Jury awards $44M for Beaumont refinery death

The family of two men who watched their brother die at Beaumont's Exxon Mobil refinery two years ago should get $44 million, a Jefferson County jury decided this week.

"The family feels absolutely vindicated," said their attorney, Byron Alfred.

Alfred said he believed the verdict in the wrongful-death lawsuit, issued on Thursday, would cause the industry "to take notice" and "tighten up their safety practices."

"Jefferson County jurors are not going to tolerate unsafe work environments," he said.

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