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Years later, based on -- >> on one worker that i represented. >> who is still sick? >> who is still sick to this day. even exxon was forced to concede, eventually, that gary stubblefield was a very sick man. >> mestas' client, gary stubblefield, filed a lawsuit. he traveled from alaska to an exxon office in houston where stubblefield's medical records and thousands of others were being held, records exxon asked a court to seal for privacy reasons. of 11,000 cleanup workers, 6,722 had gotten sick. it was explained away as a simple virus, the so-called exxon crud, a flu or cold that exxon was no...

Client. >> his client sued exxon. stubblefield's medical records and those of thousands of other clean-up workers were being held in houston. records exxon has asked the court to seal for privacy reasons. >> i was shocked, yeah. >> the lawyer says the records reveal of 11,000 clean-up workers, 6,722 had gotten sick. it was explained away as a simple virus. the so-called exxon crud. a flu or cold that exxon was not required to report to federal health officials. at the time, niosh, the national institute of occupational safety and health was in agreement. >> total bs. the only epidemiology was ...

Sick man. >> reporter: gary stubblefield in the cleanup. he travelled from alaska to an exxon office in houston where stubblefield's medical records and those of other cleanup workers were being held. records exxon has asked the court to seal for privacy reasons. >> i was shocked, yes. >> reporter: mostus says the records reveal 6,722 had gotten sick. it was explained away as a virus. the so-called exxon crud. at the time, niosh, the national night of occupational safety and health was in agreement. >> total b.s. the only epidemiology was that there were a few head colds that they could identi...