Baker Botts, Murtha Cullina Score Defense Jury Win for Exxon Mobil

A Connecticut jury deliberated for more than four hours Wednesday before rejecting claims in a $40 million lawsuit brought by the wife of a former Exxon gas station owner that the Houston-based oil giant was responsible for the acute myelogenous leukemia that caused his death in 2018 at the age of 67.

Kiriaki Yoranidis and the estate of her deceased husband, Nicholas Yoranidis, filed a product liability lawsuit in 2020 against Exxon Mobil claiming that exposure to benzene from Exxon products, including gasoline, caused Yoranidis’ illness that led to his death.