Waco judge sets tentative date for trial over explosion in West
A tentative date of Oct. 6, 2014, has been set for the trial over the explosion at West Fertilizer Co., which killed 15, injured hundreds, and did perhaps a $100 million in property damage.
That gives lawyers only a year to prepare, an ambitious time frame for such a potentially large and complex case involving at least a couple of hundred plaintiffs. But Waco District Court Judge Jim Meyer signaled flexibility.
“I don’t mind moving that date if it looks like we’re going to be running up against it,” Judge Meyer told the few dozen lawyers packed into the small courtroom.
CF Industries, one of the nation’s two manufacturers of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, is alleged to have made the fertilizer that detonated after a fire engulfed the facility April 17.
More at http://watchdogblog.dallasnews.com/2013/10/waco-judge-sets-tentative-date-for-trial-over-explosion-in-west.html/ .
