Supreme Court will hear Exxon Valdez appealThe U.S. Supreme Court will take up Exxon Mobil's challenge to a court decision that awarded $2.5 billion in punitive damages to commercial fisherman, cannery workers, towns and others who were harmed in 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. 7:22 a.m. AKST
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TV coverage on Oct 29,
2007 showed video of the oil spill cleanup, and wondered whether or
not Exxon's final appeal would be heard by the US Supreme Court.
CBS Channel 11 News 6:30 AM
This could backfire on Exxon, says attorney David Oesting for 40,000 Plaintiffs. "We will ask for more than the 2.5 Billion in punitive damages already awarded" Down from 5 billion. David Oesting said if the appeal was heard, expect another 6 months delay ... and expect a counter appeal of a HIGHER amount. Exxon says they already paid ______ in cleanup costs (How much of this did they pay back to themselves in the supplying of Inipol which they owned the patent for & produced and purchased from themselves?) The cost of life in workers who were bioremediation worker should match that of the gulf war syndrome vets? What cancers were resultant from exposure to 2-butoxyethanol. Is the mortality rate the same in both groups? It is one thing to loose one's livelihood, but have some also lost their health, and their lives? Gov Sarah Palin has expressed interest in workers of the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup. Is there proof that they were health damaged? Reply today from Riki Ott, PhD Depending upon when a worker was employed, there could be both exposure to oil (coughing, etc) and the chemicals of 'clean up" ... 2-butoxyethanol especially (looks like congestion/flu) My thoughts on 'the Valdez Crud' What happened to the 1000 'bioremediation' workers has never been fully addressed. This is another lawsuit in the hundreds of millions of dollars. (Thanks for putting this in the news again, Exxon, and the friends of Exxon who spoke for them on this appeal.) Why did Exxon use a bad product? * Who are the friends of the EVOS workers? Shouldn't Valdez give a 'thank you' convention for them? Will Governor Sarah Palin ask that this be addressed? |
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Supreme Court will hear Exxon Valdez appealPublished: October 29, 2007 WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court will take up Exxon Mobil's challenge to a court decision that awarded $2.5 billion in punitive damages to commercial fisherman, cannery workers, towns and others who were harmed in 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. The court will allow Exxon Mobile to make the case that the $2.5 billion awarded last year was too much money. The court's decision to take up the case means there's no end in sight to the 18-year legal battle that began when the Exxon Valdez hit a reef in Prince William Sound and spilled nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil. In its case so far, the company has argued it should be responsible for no more than $25 million in punitive damages, having already paid out more than $3 billion for compensatory payments, the cost of the cleanup, and settlement of state and federal claims. The case stretches back to 1995, when a federal jury in Anchorage awarded $5 billion in punitive damages. But Exxon appealed, and for the past 12 years, the case has moved sluggishly through the court system. Last year, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco cut the award to $2.5 billion and Exxon appealed that decision to the Supreme Court. Exxon's appeal drew support from business groups, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which filed a friend-of-the-court brief for Exxon. Exxon's run of appeals could end Monday |