EXXON CASE
March 1st, 2002
BY PHILIP FINE
A LOS Angeles court has ordered Exxon Mobil Corp to pay US$5.1 million to a former employee who alleged that toxic fumes emitted by crude oil caused his bladder and prostate cancer. In a case that could have major implication for petroleum transportation, Dwayne Gregory, 54, who served for seven years on oil tankers, claimed company officials waited 20 months to tell him that a shipboard physical examination detected blood in his urine, a sign of possible bladder cancer. His defence lawyer said the jury was most upset over the fact that after ...
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