EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION v. Ford

ON MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION

Appellees are residents of Jacksonville in Baltimore County who were awarded substantial damages as a result of a gasoline leak from an underground storage tank. An appeal of that decision by appellant ExxonMobil Corporation was heard in banc by nine members of this Court. 1 On February 9, 2012, the in banc Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, reducing the damage award by more than half. In five separate opinions, the in banc Court divided on most issues by a 5-4 vote, although six judges voted to…