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Environmental & Energy

Nov. 17, 2025

Trial set to open in Carson odor event case; warehouse owner, tenants face liability claims

With jury selection complete, attorneys for Prologis, its tenant businesses, and 24 plaintiffs laid out sharply differing accounts of whether improperly stored hand sanitizer caused the foul-smelling gas release that blanketed Carson and surrounding communities in 2021.

Trial set to open in Carson odor event case; warehouse owner, tenants face liability claims
Gary A. Praglin of Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP

Jury selection concluded Friday in a case claiming a warehouse owner and its tenant businesses caused a 2021 odor event in Carson when a fire released millions of gallons of harmful chemicals into the Dominguez Channel.

Attorneys representing 24 individual plaintiffs, as well as the defendant warehouse owner Prologis Inc. and tenant businesses Virgin Scent/Art Naturals and Day to Day Imports, delivered mini opening arguments to a final batch of prospective jurors, setting the stag...

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