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The human beings in prince william sound. >> reporter: alaska attorney represented one of the few workers who did sue. in the process found out that hundreds of workers involved had fallen sick. you found all of this out years later based on -- >> one worker i remember sented. exxon was forced to concede that gary was a very sick man. >> reporter: his client, gary stubblefield sued exxon in the clean up. he traveled to alaska to an exxon office in houston where medical records have been held. records exxon asked the court to seal for privacy reasons. >> i was shocked. >> reporter: he says the ...

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 ...

Lawsuit for $2 million. stubblefield, one of the very few workers to get compensation. exxon says the few lawsuits brought failed to show evidence of injuries or illnesses known to be caused by exposure to crude oil or the chemicals they used to clean it up. keeping them honest. the attorney says he's concerned that workers cleaning up in the gulf today may be headed for the same fate as the exxon valdez workers. they get sick while their medical records are controlled by bp. louisiana's health department has reported 128 clean-up workers believed to be sick from exposure to the spill. but bp ...

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...