Shell rejected by Supreme Court on $54M drilling award
The case stemmed from Shell’s failure from 1973 to 1985 to pay $750,000 to the owners of rights connected to an Oklahoma lease. In declining to consider tighter restrictions on damages, the justices...
View ArticleBP spill victims can seek punitive damages, judge says
Businesses and individuals suing BP Plc and other companies involved in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill can seek punitive damages in pursuing claims of economic and environmental losses, a federal...
View ArticleExxon Mobil says jury’s gas-leak damages award was excessive
Exxon Mobil Corp. said it shouldn’t be forced to pay more than $1 billion in punitive damages over a 2006 gasoline leak in Maryland that allegedly fouled residents’ drinking water.
View ArticleBP loses bid to halt oil spill payments during high court review
BP can’t delay writing checks for hundreds of millions of dollars in damage claims while it asks the U.S. Supreme Court to review disputed payments in its $9.2 billion accord over the 2010 Gulf of...
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