Texans Get Victim Status in Citgo Emissions Case

     CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (CN) - A federal judge granted victim status to about 300 Texans who say they were exposed to harmful fumes from a Citgo oil refinery.     Citgo Petroleum and Citgo Refining and Chemicals have already been held liable in complaints filed by the federal government. A jury found the companies guilty of violating the Clean Air Act with regard to two refinery tanks that leaked benzene from January 1994 to May 2003 because of inadequate emission-control equipment.
Texans Get Victim Status in Citgo Emissions Case