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Brockovich Takes On Another Industry's Heavyweight-Exxon
By Michelle Logsdon and Robert Warne - December 4, 2001

More than a decade after the Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound, the claims continue to spill forth as the big guns are called in to clean up the mess. Their names are Edward Masry and Erin Brockovich.

Masry, and his legal investigator Brockovich, are partnering with Anchorage, AK attorney Michael Schneider to investigate health claims possibly linked to the Exxon (now ExxonMobil) cleanup in March of 1989.

"Based upon the inquiries we have so far we probably will proceed," Masry told adjustercom.com. "It looks like we will have in the low hundreds of people who became permanently disabled or injured as a result of this."

Since the spill, hundreds of workers have reported respiratory problems, some have nervous system dysfunctions, and others have died from cancer. According to a 1989 document of the Alaska State Workers’ Compensation Claim System, a total of 1,811 claims were filed by oil spill clean-up workers.

Of the 1,811 claims filed, 24 turned into lawsuits over toxic injury. Eight of those cases were dismissed and seven were settled. Frank Sprow, Exxon’s vice president of safety, health & environment, said in a prepared statement, "Fewer than 25 of the 15,000 workers have filed suit alleging health problems arising from their involvement in the cleanup. These claims, which are no longer pending, were highly individualized, revealing no pattern in terms of symptoms and no evidence of a cause and effect relationship."

VECO Corp., as the organization in charge of the cleanup, is as much under the gun as Exxon. Brockovich believes many of the long-term health problems of the workers can be traced back to the dispersants and solvents used to clean the oil off of the beaches and wash the crew’s protective equipment.

Everyone involved in the cleanup agrees the spill was unprecedented in size and scope but Exxon and VECO officials say safety was still top priority. Sprow said, "Worker safety has always been an absolute requirement for us [Exxon]."

"This was not a rush job," Jamie Slack, vice president and manager of personnel services for VECO told adjustercom.com. "Every possible thing was addressed for safety equipment. For this size of effort, there were no corners cut on safety. Safety was of the utmost concern."

For the full story check out the Winter 2002 issue of adjustercom.com Magazine. Request a free copy by e-mailing your home address to info@adjustercom.com.

 
 

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