So today my torts professor got the lead prosecutor in the Exxon Valdez oil spill case to come speak to us about how it feels to get destroyed by the US Supreme Court. Apparently it doesn't feel too good. To say this guy is just bitter would be an understatement. I can't say I really blame him though. He spent over 20 years of his life prosecuting this thing and only got 232 million dollars in punitive damages in a class-action lawsuit where the original punitive damages were 5 billion dollars. His firm lost money on the case and he's basically done nothing else for hte past 20 years. Oh yea, he hates Exxon corp. too. To hear him tell it you'd think Exxon was its own country or something.
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blast! I thought it was a video...
I just wikied the Exxon thing, I had no idea that they got all of the damages reduced. That's cool that he spoke to you though.
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