The Supreme Court of Gibraltar awarded the oil company
Chevron $38 million Friday for damages related to charges alleging the company
contaminated the Amazon region of Ecuador.
An Ecuador court issued an $18 billion
judgement against Chevron in February 2011 for environmental and social harm
the company allegedly caused to the Amazon. The amount was later reduced to
$9.5 billion, but a U.S. district court in New York nullified
the judgement due to fraudulent and illegal activities by Steven Donziger, the lead American lawyer behind the lawsuit, according to the district court ruling............he corrupted the process through telling half-truths, outright lies, and using fake evidence and witnesses. ............To Read More....
My Take - All I can say is - It's about time. This is the path everyone who comes under attack from the environmentalists should be doing.
the judgement due to fraudulent and illegal activities by Steven Donziger, the lead American lawyer behind the lawsuit, according to the district court ruling............he corrupted the process through telling half-truths, outright lies, and using fake evidence and witnesses. ............To Read More....
My Take - All I can say is - It's about time. This is the path everyone who comes under attack from the environmentalists should be doing.
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