Transocean Injury Plaintiffs Ask Justices to Remove AZA as Defense Counsel

Plaintiffs firm Arnold & Itkin has appealed a Harris County trial judge’s decision that allowed the law firm Ahmad Zavitsanos & Mensing to stay on as defense counsel to Transocean in multidistrict litigation stemming from offshore workers’ injuries, arguing the ruling was “in error” and “an abuse of discretion.” 

In a 70-page petition for writ of mandamus filed with the First Court of Appeals on Thursday, plaintiffs’ attorneys — representing 23 workers who allege they were injured during Hurricane Zeta in October 2020 while aboard the Deepwater Asgard drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico — argued a December ruling from Harris County District Judge Rabeea Collier must be vacated.