Exxon hit with $1 billion in punitive damages 
By:
Danny Jacobs
Published: July 1, 2011
Tags: Exxon, gasoline leak, punitive damages
Exxon Mobil Corp. has been hit with $1 billion in punitive damages for a 2006 gasoline leak in rural Baltimore County, Md., sources close to the litigation said Thursday.
That’s in addition to about $495 million in compensatory damage awards that were made public Wednesday.
