US Supreme Court declines to rule on Exxon Valdez punitive damage interest

Tue, August 12, 2008
Posted in Alaska News, Top Stories

The US Supreme Court today (Tuesday) declined to rule on the issue of whether plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez oil spill case should receive interest on top of their already reduced punitive damages from the 1989 spill that fouled thousands of miles of Alaska’s coastline from Prince William Sound to Kodiak and beyond.

Casey Kelly, KMXT – Kodiak

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