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The widow of a contract worker who died of mesothelioma was granted $5 million from ExxonMobil by a Louisiana jury. 
 
James Terrance chipped asbestos paint from pipes at an ExxonMobil plant in the 1960s, and later died of the asbestos-related cancer. His widow claims that ExxonMobil took greater precautions with the health of its employees than with that of contract workers. 
 
If there is an appeal it will probably have to do with the fact that the trial went ahead with only 11 jurors, after one fell ill. The oil company petitioned for a mistrial but ultimately the trial went ahead.

ExxonMobil ordered to pay $5 million to widow

2TheAdvocate - 6/27/2006 1:13 AM

An 11-person jury ordered ExxonMobil to pay $5 million to the widow of a former contract worker at the company’s Baton Rouge plant who died of a disease caused by exposure to asbestos in the 1960s.
 
The jury found that ExxonMobil was solely responsible for James Terrance contracting mesothelioma — cancer of the lining of the lung or abdominal cavity linked to asbestos
 
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