"The Texas Supreme Court granted a rare do-over Friday on its March decision to toss out an $18.6 million verdict against Exxon Corp. for improperly plugging oil wells in Refugio County. The court originally ruled 8-0 that the landowners waited too long to sue Exxon after discovering metal junk, dismantled pipe and cement plugs in wells Exxon abandoned in the early 1990s. Exxon had failed to list many of the obstructions on documents that must be filed with the Texas Railroad Commission whenever oil wells are shut down." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet