Hurricane Harvey-related criminal accusations against Arkema Inc. and its employees are scheduled to go to trial the week of February 17, 2020.

Quotes Regarding Upcoming Trial

Rusty Hardin, lawyer for Arkema Inc.:

“Harris County prosecutors are making an unprecedented and outrageous attempt to criminalize a natural disaster. They have filed charges trying to prosecute a company and its employees for the Act of God that was Hurricane Harvey. This is a political prosecution in search of a theory, and Harris County taxpayers will have to foot the bill for this very political attempt to stretch the meaning of our laws.”

Tim Johnson, lawyer for Arkema Inc. CEO Richard Rowe:

“Houston still has not recovered from Harvey’s flooding more than two years ago. The fact that prosecutors persist in trying to blame a company and its employees in criminal court for the ravages of this unprecedented storm should concern us all.”