An Ecuadorean judge has ruled that Chevron was responsible for oil contamination in Ecuador and ordered it to pay $8.6 billion in damages and cleanup -- but whether plaintiffs can collect remains to be seen.
February 15, 2011 at 12:00 AM
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Editor’s note: For additional details and background on this case, see The Am Law Litigation Daily report, Ecuadorian Court Issues $8 Billion Judgment Against Chevron; Chevron Calls Judgment ‘Illegitimate’
An Ecuadorean judge ruled Monday in an epic environmental case that Chevron Corp. was responsible for oil drilling contamination in a wide swath of Ecuador’s northern jungle and ordered the oil giant to pay $8.6 billion in damages and cleanup costs.
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