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Jefferson Parish Government Center in Gretna. A Jefferson Parish jury on Tuesday (Aug. 27) found ExxonMobil w as notresponsible for Naomi Guzman's thyroid cancer and aw arded her no damages. (NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive)
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ExxonMobil was not responsible for a West Bank woman's thyroid cancer, which she
said was caused by the radioactive material she was exposed to through her father's and
uncles' work cleaning offshore drilling pipe. The jury, which heard testimony for 11 days
and deliberated less than three hours, also rejected Naomi Guzman's demand for
damages, awarding her and her team of lawyers no money.
The trial is the latest in a series of lawsuits against the oil giant dating to 1997, when a
New Orleans jury awarded the Grefer family of Gretna a record $1 billion in punitive
damages against ExxonMobil for contaminating their property near the Harvey Canal
with "naturally occurring radioactive material," or NORM, which builds up in drilling
pipes.
The Grefers leased 33 acres to Intracostal Tubular Services Inc., an ExxonMobil
contractor that cleaned the drilling pipes. Since the Grefer verdict, former pipe cleaners
and nearby residents have sued, too, claiming exposure to the radioactive material.
Guzman, 32, of Westwego, sued ExxonMobil three years ago in the 24th Judicial District
Court, months after she was diagnosed with papillary carcinoma of the thyroid, a
common thyroid cancer.
Her father and uncles cleaned pipes at the Harvey yard in the early 1980s, and she
claimed that the radioactive material they carried home on their clothing exposed her to
the contamination. The jury heard no evidence about whether other members of her
family became ill as a result of the same exposure.
Her team of attorneys did not ask the jury to award a specific amount in damages. But
in closing arguments on Tuesday, her lead attorney, Tim Falcon of Marrero, suggested
that an award in the range of $40 million in punitive damages was appropriate.
Her attorneys presented evidence they said showed ExxonMobil was aware of NORM,
which built up on the drilling pipes, but did not alert the workers who cleaned the pipes.
The jury found that ExxonMobil was not negligent, and that the drilling pipes were not
defective. Judge Nancy Miller presided over the case, which was filed in October 2010.
ExxonMobil was represented by E. Paige Sensenbrenner, Deborah Kuchler, Michelle
Craig, Glen Pilie, Martin Stern and Howard Jarvis. In addition to Tim Falcon, Guzman's
legal team included Frank Buck, Jeremiah Sprague and Jarrett Falcon.
Although an appellate court reduced the Grefers' $1 billion award to $112 million and
left intact $56 million in compensatory damages, the case still opened a floodgate of
lawsuits against big oil, including by residents who lived adjacent to the pipe-cleaning
yard. Cases have been settled with the residents
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while former pipe cleaners went to trial. Juries have come up with a mixed bag of
verdicts.
Last year, a Jefferson Parish jury awarded a Westwego man $10 million
(http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/03/exxonmobil_should_pay_10_milli.html)
in punitive damages and $850,000 in other damages, finding ExxonMobil was
responsible for his prostate cancer. That man cleaned drilling pipe at the Harvey site for
seven years.
Another Jefferson Parish jury in 2011 awarded 16 former pipe cleaners
(http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2010/03/jefferson_parish_jury_finds_ex.html)
$1.2 million in compensation merely for the increased risk they faced of developing
cancer. That award was far less than the $17 million they sought. That jury found
ExxonMobil was negligent but still decided against awarding punitive damages.
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Yep, men who never cleaned drill pipes never get prostate cancer. The
fact that 1 in 6 men will eventually get the disease, shows you how many
drill pipes needed cleaning. Who would have ever thought! You can learn a
lot from these civil trials.
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I just remembered this. Since they use old drilling pipes in
Canada to corral bison, which go right through just about
anything else, someone should call PETA to warn the bison
ranchers. Bison rancher Ted Turner had better hope ex-wife,
Jane Fonda, never finds out about it.
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That $1B judgment was awarded a very long time ago. But the Double
Cross XX NEVER pays anyone but lawyers and senators, congressmen,
judges and a few republican presidents.
Let the property sit forever, un-abated, while it's contaminants spread.
Much less pay the owners their rightful compensation.
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