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<text id=89TT2208>
<title>
Aug. 28, 1989: Business Notes:Litigation
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Aug. 28, 1989 World War II:50th Anniversary
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 57
Business Notes
LITIGATION
A Lawsuit as Big as Alaska
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<p> When Exxon reckoned in July that it would spend nearly $1.3
billion to clean up its Alaskan oil spill, liability lawyers
knew that was just the beginning. In Anchorage last week the
state of Alaska filed a civil suit against the petroleum giant
and the owners of the trans-Alaska pipeline, seeking unspecified
damages that could total billions of dollars. Alaska charges the
oil companies with deceiving the public about the safety of the
shipping operation and with incompetence in the cleanup.
</p>
<p> Alaska v. Exxon et al is likely to break some courtroom
records. Robert LeResche, who heads the state's investigation
of the spill, believes the legal wrangling will last at least
a decade. "Out of the approximately 150 suits filed against
Exxon, this is the big one," says Bryan Jacoboski, who follows
the oil industry for Paine Webber. "It will keep Exxon's stock
from going anywhere for a long time."
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</body></article>
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