Advocates' Bid To Intervene In State-ExxonMobil Pact Faults Damages Level

June 25, 2015
Environmentalists are asking New Jersey's Superior Court to allow them to intervene in a widely criticized $225 million proposed settlement between New Jersey and ExxonMobil Corporation to settle natural resource damage (NRD) claims against the company at two oil refineries and a multitude of other sites throughout the state, with the groups charging the state gave away a "sweetheart deal" settling for far less than the estimated damages. The high-profile proposed settlement between the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection...


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