Court to hear Exxon Valdez appeal
SEATTLE (AP) - Nearly five years after an Alaskan jury awarded $5.3 billion
in punitive and compensatory damages to those hurt by the 1989 Exxon Valdez
oil spill, Exxon has yet to pay a single dollar as the case winds through
the legal process. A three-judge panel for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals was set to hear the appeal Monday afternoon in Seattle. A ruling is
expected to take at least six months. In 1994, a federal court jury in
Anchorage unanimously awarded the largest-ever jury award to 35,000
fisherman, Native Americans, cannery workers and landowners for the damage
from the spill in Prince William Sound. Exxon immediately appealed,
contending it had paid enough. See full story
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