Md. top court erases $1B punitive award in Exxon case 
Published: March 8, 2013
Tags: emotional distress, Exxon Mobil, fraud, medical monitoring
Residents who claimed their groundwater was contaminated by an underground gasoline leak could not recover punitive damages from Exxon Mobil for fraud, Maryland’s highest court has ruled.
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