A 9th Circuit panel on Monday sounded open to the idea of ordering a new trial for Nigerian villagers who blame Chevron for a violent altercation on an oil platform in 1998. The plaintiffs attorney argued that the district court judge committed "serious error" in instructing the jury on the Nigerians' battery claims, rejecting "on the eve of trial" a prior ruling that the burden was on Chevron to prove its affirmative defenses. A federal jury exonerated Chevron in 2008.
June 15, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Monday sounded open to the idea of ordering a new trial for Nigerian villagers who blame Chevron Corp. for a violent altercation on an oil platform in 1998.
The plaintiffs attorney, Theresa Traber of Pasadena, Calif.’s Traber & Voorhees, focused her oral argument on U.S. District Judge Susan Illston’s “serious error” in instructing the jury on the Nigerians’ battery claims.
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