http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080225/ap_on_re_us/scotus_exxon_valdez
Supreme Court to hear Exxon spill case
CORDOVA, Alaska – For many in this coastal town, the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster was an event so crushing that hard-bitten fishermen still get teary-eyed recalling ruined livelihoods, broken marriages and suicides.
But mostly, people in Cordova talk about the discouraging wait for legal retribution for the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
It’s been almost 19 years since the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground at Alaska’s Bligh Reef, spurting 11 million gallons of crude into the rich fishing waters of Prince William Sound. In 1994, an Anchorage jury awarded victims $5 billion in punitive damages. That amount has since been cut in half by other courts on appeals by Exxon Mobil Corp.
Exxon’s profits were $40billion in ’07 alone.
Should Exxon pay the original damges of $5 billion?
Should Exxon be held accountable?
Why or why not?
Your Thoughts?
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