Lawsuits over gas spill hit snag

Published July 18, 2006 4:00am ET



Lawyers representing victims of a massive gasoline spill in Baltimore County?s Jacksonville area earlier this year are now fighting to keep their lawsuits in circuit court.

Representing Exxon Mobil Corp., owner of the gas station where 25,000 gallons of gas leaked from an underground tank in February, lawyer Andrew Gendron told a federal judge last week that the cases should be sent to a panel that makes decisions on cases that could be heard in more than one jurisdiction.

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