EAST ST. LOUIS – Destruction of a Louisiana contractor’s records about an explosion at the Phillips 66 refinery in Wood River didn’t sway jurors in U.S. district court, who found in favor of the defendant after they learned that a hurricane blew the records away.
EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Beatty pitched out a pile of pleadings at a hearing on a refinery explosion and set strict rules to prepare for trial in April.