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...waters. Exxon says it has already paid out more than $3 billion and owes nothing else. The oil giant has spent an estimated $400 million fighting in court. "The company took immediate responsibility for the spill, cleaned it up and voluntarily compensated those who claimed direct damages," says Mark Boudreaux, an Exxon spokesman...
Experts say Exxon is appealing the punitive portion of the case in part to curtail open-ended payouts for future spills. Says Boudreaux: "It is [a question of] whether punitive damages are warranted in this case." To that question, U.S. District Court Judge H. Russel Holland has twice answered yes. Both times, after an appeals court sent it back for review, he agreed with the jury's decision awarding the plaintiffs $4.5 billion, noting that Exxon "demonstrated reckless disregard for a broad range of legitimate Alaska concerns...
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...script, written by Chuck Pfarrer, is tailor-made for Van Damme. Set in New Orleans its hero is Chance Boudreaux, a Cajun longshore worker in need of cash...
Such gallows humor has all but disappeared now. Fears of instant contagion are gone, at least among people who know better, though the stigma surrounding leprosy remains. Boudreaux has seen the changes, kept record of them in his magazine, and done what he can to remove the stigma...