BILLINGS – Several landowners whose property was damaged when an ExxonMobil pipeline spilled oil into the Yellowstone River in July have filed a lawsuit against the oil giant.
Attorney Cliff Edwards filed a class action lawsuit in District Court in Billings Tuesday on behalf of eight landowners seeking unspecified damages for long-term harm to their land and businesses.
Dale Getz, a community relations adviser for ExxonMobil in Billings, says the company does not comment on pending litigation, but said the cleanup will continue until the work is done.
The lawsuit names ExxonMobil Oil Corp., ExxonMobil Pipeline in Houston along with Billings refinery manager Jon Wetmore and pipeline terminal superintendent Jason Montgomery.