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Md. jury finds Exxon Mobil liable for $150 million
AP via Yahoo ^
| 03/12/09
| BEN NUCKOLS
Posted on 03/12/2009 11:51:51 AM PDT by Abathar
TOWSON, Md. – A jury is awarding about $150 million to nearly 300 people who sued Exxon Mobil over wells contaminated by a gasoline leak north of Baltimore.
The Baltimore County jury awarded a majority of the families in the lawsuit about $1 million each for emotional distress Thursday. Other damages cover declining home values and lifetime medical monitoring.
The jury didn't find Irving, Texas-based Exxon Mobil committed fraud, and therefore couldn't impose punitive damages. The plaintiffs had sought several billion in damages.
About 26,000 gallons of gasoline leaked from a gas station in 2006 in the town of Jacksonville.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: energy; exxon; exxonmobile; gasoline; lawsuit; ruling
I wonder what the original offer was to settle out of court. Since they were asking for billions and got 150 million I bet after the lawyers got through they would have been better off just settling.
Oh well, I believe no punitive damages means they have to pay tax on this too. Welcome to the club of "The top 1% of earners" people.
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posted on
03/12/2009 11:51:51 AM PDT
by
Abathar
To: Abathar
Did Exxon Mobil own the gas station or did they just provide the gas?
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posted on
03/12/2009 11:55:46 AM PDT
by
Tymesup
To: Tymesup
Did Exxon Mobil own the gas station or did they just provide the gas?They were the ones who had the money
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posted on
03/12/2009 11:59:56 AM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(FUBO, he says we should listen to our enemies, but not to Rush - and zer0 has already failed)
To: Tymesup
Don’t know, but 26k gallons is a lot to lose. Either it was a catastrophic break or a very slow one, in/out meters would have caught anything in between I think.
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posted on
03/12/2009 12:01:19 PM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Abathar
That is only $500,000 before lawyer fees and Uncle Obama. They were looking for a way to retire and instead have a small nest egg.
To: Tymesup
Good question.
Around here, central VA, a guy got put out of business because Exxon installed tanks leaked and the EPA held HIM liable.
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posted on
03/12/2009 12:06:47 PM PDT
by
Mad Dawg
(Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
To: Abathar
I really need to read more about this case, but I wonder why jut fraud ? couldn't negligence also have carried punitive damages ?
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posted on
03/12/2009 12:08:41 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Obama - the ethical exception asterisk administration)
To: stylin19a
can we link to the Chicago Trib ?
more details here
http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/bal-exxon0312,0,7390221.story
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posted on
03/12/2009 12:14:27 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Obama - the ethical exception asterisk administration)
To: stylin19a
I guess that they proved that s*** happens sometimes and it wasn’t covered up or mishandled in any way. They found out about it, did what was needed to correct the problem and offered compensation to the affected people.
Sometimes juries see the greed for what it is.
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posted on
03/12/2009 12:15:19 PM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Abathar
$1 million each for emotional distress WTF? Now I have emotional distress!!
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posted on
03/12/2009 12:20:11 PM PDT
by
Eagle Eye
(Libs- If you don't have to play the rules then neither do we...THINK ABOUT IT!)
To: Abathar
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posted on
03/12/2009 12:24:15 PM PDT
by
Eagle Eye
(Libs- If you don't have to play the rules then neither do we...THINK ABOUT IT!)
To: Eagle Eye
Just reading your post about you having emotional distress gave me around $8000 worth of emotional stress as well...who got da money???...magritte
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posted on
03/12/2009 12:26:35 PM PDT
by
magritte
(If a problem comes along, you must whip it.)
Author Ben Nuckols should learn that state names are abbreviated with capital letters.
By BEN NUCKOLS, Associated Press Writer Ben Nuckols, Associated Press Writer
Md. jury finds Exxon Mobil liable
That's "MD" you bloody twit.
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posted on
03/12/2009 12:36:49 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(Where my PIE at, fool?)
To: Eagle Eye
Closer to 3 semi-truck tanker loads.
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posted on
03/12/2009 2:21:59 PM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Abathar
That's exactly right. and reading more details, that's exactly what happened here.
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posted on
03/12/2009 2:58:51 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Obama - the ethical exception asterisk administration)
To: Abathar; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; cindy-true-supporter; ...
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
To: humblegunner
I thought that the capital letters practice was mainly to do with the Postal Service.
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