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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

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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

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$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

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judges and a few republican presidents.

Let the property sit forever, un-abated, while it's contaminants spread.

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