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Jury finds Exxon Mobil liable for $236.4 million in pollution suit

2013-04-09 20:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A New Hampshire jury on Tuesday found Exxon Mobil Corp liable for $236.4 million in a civil lawsuit that charged the oil company had polluted groundwater in the state with a gasoline additive used to reduce smog in the 1970s and 1980s. Following a three-month trial, jurors deliberated less than two hours before finding that the world's largest publicly traded oil company acted negligently in contaminating the groundwater with the additive MTBE, said Jessica Grant, a lawyer who represented the...

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NH's $236M suit against Exxon Mobil to go to jury

2013-04-09 18:31:46| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

Jurors in New Hampshire's groundwater contamination case against Exxon Mobil were asked to decide whether the state is seeking a scapegoat or the oil company was protecting its profits, not the environment, when it added MTBE to its gasoline.

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NH's $236M suit against Exxon Mobil to go to jury

2013-04-09 05:01:52| Chemicals - Topix.net

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Facebook dispute over Timeline trademark to go to jury trial

2013-04-02 13:31:46| InfoWorld: Top News

A trademark infringement lawsuit against Facebook over its use of 'timeline' will go to trial before a jury, after a judge ruled that the company had failed to show that the trademark was generic or descriptive, or Facebook's use of it amounted to fair use.

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