Maryland Appeals Court Vacates Bulk Of $147 Million Exxon Pipeline Leak Award

ANNAPOLIS, Md. The Maryland Court of Special Appeals on Feb. 9 vacated much of a $147 million jury award to homeowners whose groundwater was contaminated with benzene and methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) by a 26,000-gallon gasoline leak at an Exxon Mobil Corp. station (Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Paul D. Ford, et al., No. 1804, September Term, 2009, Md. Spec. App.). Full story on lexis.com