Thursday, April 17, 2014

Pegasus lawsuits: where we're at now

From: The Cabin 

By Joe Lamb

There are more than 200 individual plaintiffs in almost 20 lawsuits against ExxonMobil Pipeline Company and associated Exxon entities and employees, and it’s likely that trials will be held sometime next year. For the sake of simplicity, all the defendants will be referred to simply as “Exxon” in this story.

Generally, the plaintiffs want to be compensated for the loss of their homes or reduced property values, lingering health effects from the fumes, loss of access to or confidence in the lake, and the months of aggravation and burden while cleanup efforts “occupied the town,” as a complaint filed by Little Rock’s McMath Woods firm puts it.

“Cleaning crews clogged streets, creating traffic problems, drove massive trucks through residential neighborhoods, and conducted operations at all hours of the night in an effort to recover Wabasca Heavy Crude,” this complaint states. The complaint goes on to describe how diesel powered lights “illuminated the town as if it were a stadium during a sporting event” during the cleanup.

What are the claims being made?  MORE

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