BALTIMORE - Saying plaintiffs claiming contamination of their properties with benzene and methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from a leak at an Exxon Mobil Corp. tank farm outside Baltimore failed to prove the fraud necessary to support an award of punitive damages, Maryland's highest court on Feb. 26 set aside most of a $1 billion punitive damages verdict (Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Thomas M. Albright, et al., No. 15 September Term, 2012, Md. App.)....(read more)![]()
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