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NEWS |
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14
January 2004
The
Court issues
an order
creating a
Claim Form and
Proof of Claims Procedures. |
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10 October 2003
The Court
approves the
settlement with Exxon.
On October 7th,
the Court approved the
settlement of the case
with Exxon. It also approved class counsel's
request for
attorney's fees and for the
reimbursement of costs advanced. The Court has
also set December 3rd as the date for it to hear
argument on the claims procedure for the class |
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18
August, 2003
The
Court approves
notice of the settlement to class
members and sets October 7th as the date for the
Fairness Hearing. The notice will appear for 6
weeks, once per week, in the following papers:
Aiken
Standard, Charleston Post & Courier, Beaufort Gazette, The
State, Orangeburg Times & Democrat, Greenville News,
Spartanburg Herald, The Sun News. |
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18 July 2003
Mary
Louise Fairey
settles case against Exxon.
The case was filed on behalf of all real
property owners in S.C. who had their real
property contaminated by Exxon service station
operations. |
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exxonca@speightsrunyan.com
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| Welcome to the Fairey v. Exxon Class Action
Settlement Area |
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This site has been created by counsel for this Class
Action to assist Class members in having access to the
latest information on the
settlement of this class action, to
provide them with easy access to case related material
and to assist them in the claims procedures. Counsel
for the Class are C. Alan Runyan, Marion Fairey and
Lee Cope of
Speights & Runyan and
Charles Williams of Williams and Williams.
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Case History |
On
September 18, 1992, Mary Louise Fairey commenced this
class action action against Exxon for damages it had
caused to her property and all other property which
Exxon's service station operations had damaged in
South Carolina. Ten years and ten months later, on
July 18, 2003, this action was settled just after the
trial of the case had begun. The
settlement has
now received final Court approval. The
Court conducted
a Fairness Hearing on October 7th to determine if it would
continue the preliminary approval it gave to the
settlement on July 18th. The history of this case is
available for download here
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Claims Procedures |
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With approval of the
settlement and the issuance of
claims procedures, a substantial fund is
now available for the claims of qualifying
class members. This web site has been updated to
describe the claims process and the procedures that
will allow persons to file claims
against the settlement fund. |
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IMPORTANT DATES |
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May 21, 2004
Last
day to submit
online claim forms |
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May 28, 2004
Last
day to file
claim forms
at Orangeburg County
Courthouse |
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October 14, 2004
Last
day to file
proof of claims |
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October 15, 2004
Special Referee's
Claims Allowance Report |
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October 29, 2004
Special Referee's Final Report |
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November 29, 2004
Last
day for claimants to appeal Special Referee's
Report |
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December 21, 2004
Issuance of Order of Payment |
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