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Chick-fil-A sues ExxonMobil over polluted site

CORAL SPRINGS Fla. Chick-fil-A Inc. has filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil Corp. over alleged groundwater contamination at a plot of land here owned by the restaurant company.

Chick-fil-A claims in the suit, filed earlier this month in U.S. District Court, that chemicals from a nearby ExxonMobil gas station contaminated the groundwater at the site, which the chain had planned in January 2006 to sell to a real estate developer for $975,000. Discovery of the pollution ultimately resulted in the termination of the deal a year and a half later, Chick-fil-A said in the suit.

Attached to Chick-fil-A's lawsuit was a letter dated March 2, 2006, from ExxonMobil that said the station had been part of a state cleanup program since 1993 and that it was in compliance with all laws and regulations.

Chick-fil-A said in its lawsuit that it was seeking to recover costs and damages resulting from environmental tests and the ruined real estate deal, legal fees, and an order requiring Exxon to clean up the site.

Exxon has yet to file a response to the lawsuit. An Exxon spokeswoman said the company does not comment on lawsuits.

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