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3. Like with the Exxon Valdez . . .

Sat Apr 5, 2025, 10:24 AM

Apr 5

The company lawyered up and filed and refiled and appealed and appealed, and 25 years after the accident, hadn't paid the final claims. Most of the plaintiffs had died by that time.

https://archive.thinkprogress.org/25-years-after-exxon-valdez-oil-spill-company-still-hasnt-paid-for-long-term-environmental-damages-b5a325b28ee1/

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Quite sadly, some conservative judge will nullify this award RainCaster Apr 5 #1

That is so pathetic as to be laughable. Biophilic Apr 5 #2

Like with the Exxon Valdez . . . hatrack Apr 5 #3