The Environmental Felaketi Exxon in Alaska Expended
16.06.2009 Radikal
LOS ANGELES - In the US, the federal court of appeal, in 1989, in the case of environmental disaster in Alaska, the world’s largest oil company Exxon Mobil, paid 500 million dollars interest.
[[T]] 9 in San Francisco The Court of Appeal decided to pay 500 million dollars of interest from 1996. The court also approved the decision of Exxon Mobile in June 2008 of the U.S. Supreme Court for compensation of $507.5 million dollars. [ [The U.S. High Court, who condemned the company to pay $ 507.5 million compensation, refused to decide about the company’s interest and left the decision to the court of appeal.
Jeffrey Fisher, a legal professor from Stanford University, from the lawyers of respondents toExxon Mobile, said, "We are happy to clean a barrier more and hope that we can conclude the case as soon as possible."
The spokesperson of the company said that Exxon Mobile will appeal to the decision regarding interest payment.
The oil tanker namedExxon Valdez, hit rocks in Alaska in 1989, polluted 41,64 million litres of oil 1,930 kilometers long shore from the tanker. [
During this case, the court was first convicted to pay compensation to $ 5 billion in 1994, in 2006, the federal court was halved this figure.
The Supreme Court was sentenced to $507.5 million dollars in June 2008, reducing compensation of 2.5 billion dollars.
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