ENERGY
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Exxon Sues Sperry Marine: A faulty automatic steering device drove the Exxon Valdez supertanker onto an Alaskan reef two years ago, bringing about the largest oil spill in U.S. history, Exxon Corp. said in a lawsuit. The suit, filed in state and federal court in Anchorage, Alaska, accused Sperry Marine Inc., the maker of the autopilot device, of failing to warn Exxon that the system was flawed. Exxon demanded that Sperry Marine and its former owner, Unisys Corp., pay damages and contribute to any liability assessments brought against the oil giant.
