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Jay A. Parker, one of the partners with Marks and Lear, PLC, is the principal attorney for over six thousand (6000) citizens in the Garyville, Louisiana area, and he recently concluded a settlement agreement with the Marathon Oil Company for all claims for damages by those citizens which arose out of a chemical release almost a decade ago. The specfic terms of the settlement have not yeet been made public, but nearly all of those then living in the Garyville area at the time of the chemical release from the Marathon Oil Company will participate in the settlement. Various physical ailments, and mental and emotional anguish were alleged to have been caused by the chemical release.

Disbursement of the funds, with settlement compensation amounts to be disbursed according to geographic zones from the site of the release, is expected to be staged through a central community location in the Garyville area during July and August 2008. Air modeling was used to determine the areas of the community that were likely the most significantly impacted by this industrial accident.

While a number of attorneys were involved in the litigation in this incident which occured almost a decade ago, after recently assuming primary responsibility in the case, Jay Parker was able to conclude a settlement agreement in principle and structure a plan for final resolution of the case.

Jay Parker limits his practice entirely to the representation of persons injured thru the negligence of others, and has practiced as a member of the law firm of Marks and Lear PLC his entire professional career of more than twenty (20) years after first serving on the staff of one of the federal judges sitting in the the Eastern District Court in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a member of the Louisiana Association for Justice and the Baton Rouge Bar Association as well as the Louisiana State Bar Association.  Marks and Lear PLC is an AV rated firm by Martindale-Hubble, the principal nationwide attorney peer-review rating service in the United States.