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Originally Posted by PornMD
But wasn't that judgment pretty recently, like a year or two ago? 20 years after the spill actually happened?
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There were two judgements brought againts them...a compensatory judgement..which was ridiculouly low and which they paid with little argument but a second judgement was for punititve damages that was very high and they lost...but they appealed the amount of the judgement and won the appeal for a greatly reduced amount...and yes I beleive it was actually within the past 12 months or so. All if the people involved in the class action suit have now been paid all they will ever receive. I think the highest amount paid to an individual was around $500,000.00 but he said he did not actually see a penny of that amount go into his pocket as it all went to pay creditors from the loss of his business and debts accrued over the years because of the loss of his business...due to the spill. He is old now and lives of his SS.