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Article: ExxonMobil settles lawsuit for $264,000: Attorney calls case a 'clear victory' for the company
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- October 11, 2002
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DAILY MAIL STAFF
Originally faced with lawsuits representing more than 2,700
people, ExxonMobil eventually settled all asbestos claims for about
$264,000 that will be distributed to 132 people, a local attorney
said.
Steve Farmer, local counsel for ExxonMobil, called the resolution
in the landmark asbestos case currently on trial in Kanawha County a
"clear victory."
"The final amount reflects the fact that the products in question
were not responsible for any illness," Farmer said. "That's what we
had maintained all along."
ExxonMobil settled its remaining claims earlier this week, leaving
Dow Chemical as the last defendant in a case that once involved more
than 200 companies.
The trial is ...