Jury Returns $63 Million Verdict After Finding Chevron Covered up Toxic Pit on California Land

Jury Returns $63 Million Verdict After Finding Chevron Covered up Toxic Pit on California Land
The Chevron logo is displayed at a Chevron gas station located in Alameda, Calif., on Jan. 29, 2010. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—A California jury has returned a $63 million verdict against Chevron after finding the oil giant covered up a toxic chemical pit on land purchased by a man who built a house on it and was later diagnosed with a blood cancer.

Kevin Wright, who has multiple myeloma, unknowingly built his home directly over the chemical pit near Santa Barbara in 1985, according to his lawsuit.