Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Ford

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

This is a companion case1 brought by residents of Jacksonville, Maryland,2 against Exxon Mobil Corporation (Petition*436er)3 for an underground gasoline leak from an Exxon Mobil-owned gasoline service station, located at the corner of Jarrettsville Pike and Paper Mill Road in the Jacksonville area of *437Baltimore County, that began on 13 January 2006.4 The leak detection system at the station failed to detect a punctured underground line leak, which caused a gasoline leak of approximately 26,000 gallons into the underground aquifer and resulted in the contamination of wells…