Exxon only to pay 1/10 of original ruling on Valdez spill

Supreme Court strikes down jury trials. Juries no longer can deliver punishing verdicts to corporations.
deathcowsays...

Alaska.... a RED state every election... Alaska.... put those republicans in office at any chance...... Alaska.... you helped kill it... now you get to eat it.

By the way, can anyone tell us which single entity will get the single largest check out of this settlement?.....?

If you guessed E X X O N.... you are correct.

deathcowsays...

Learn to swim.Learn to swim.Learn to swim.Learn to swim.Learn to swim.Learn to swim.Learn to swim.Learn to swim.Learn to swim.

cuz I'm praying for rain
I'm praying for tidal waves
I wanna see the ground give way.
I wanna watch it all go down.
Mom please flush it all away.
I wanna see it go riding down.
I wanna watch it go right in.
Watch you flush it all away.

choggiesays...

Tax revolts, armed militias, Canadians, Americans and Mexicans, strolling hand in hand to bury the cocksuckers alive...ahhhh the beautiful future for my children-

Irishmansays...

Time now to get your kicks, thrills and sunbathing because the whole shithouse is going up in flames and we're all gonna burn.

swampgirlsays...

Is this a cave-in for fear over the current gas situation? How do they justify not following through with a verdict. The courts will be our undoing

djsunkidsays...

How in the fuck have they not paid for this shit 20 years later??? Do they get to pay the 1994 fine in 2008 dollars, or are they adjusted. Fucking fuck, this makes my head explode.

notarobotsays...

But well funded (corporate) lawyers are great at stalling on things like this. Imagine how much interest could be incurred on just 500M dollars over the 14 years since the disaster, and the fat pockets that interest remains in even after the money is finally paid.

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