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"GALVESTON - Valero is suing a number of businesses and individuals over what the San Antonio-based refiner alleges to be a faulty boiler.<br /><br />Valero filed a lawsuit March 12 in Galveston County Court No. 3 alleging the defendants, chief among them manufacturer The Babcock & Wilcox Co., of exercising irresponsibility in either the design, construction or installation of the \"B-28\" boiler.  <br /><br />The plaintiff entered into many contracts with the defendants regarding the B-28 and other package boiler systems, which are used at Valero's Texas City, Houston and Wilmington, Del., refineries, the original petition says.<br /><br />According to the complaint, the boiler in question failed to operate properly on several occasions. <br /><br />One incident on March 5, 2009, involved a detonation in the firebox, which forced an immediate shutdown of the boiler. A subsequent investigation revealed a loss of the boiler's main flame.<br /><br />Another one on Dec. 4, 2009, spurred from a startup failure that eventually led to a blast killing one worker and injuring two. An \"unexpected and undesigned\" mixture of air and fuel gas inside the firebox reportedly ignited the blaze.<br /><br />The Southeast Texas Record reported in December 2009 that one of the injured workers filed a temporary restraining order against two boilermaking companies in an effort to prevent the removal of material from the alleged scene of the explosion at Valero's Texas City plant.<br /><br />The Record also reported a month later that the family of the deceased worker filed a $75,000 suit against the company. The case contains the same restraining order.<br /><br />Valero claims the boiler's alleged defects constitute negligence and numerous breaches of contract and warranties, faulting the defendants for misrepresenting the boiler's effectiveness.<br /><br />\"As a direct and proximate result, Valero suffered damages,\" the suit says.<br /><br />The plaintiff, which is represented by Houston attorneys Lance Lubel and Justin R. Goodman, seeks unspecified monetary damages and a jury trial.<br /><br />Galveston County Court No. 3 Judge Roy Quintanilla is presiding over the litigation.<br /><br />Cause No. 62,510<br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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