Sweet deal for Exxon.
Roughly 3.5 % of what was asked in damages.
Appears the taxpayer takes it up the .........
Thoughts are?
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/28/n...column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
A long-fought legal battle to recover $8.9 billion in damages from Exxon Mobil Corporation for the contamination and loss of use of more than 1,500 acres of wetlands, marshes, meadows and waters in northern New Jersey has been quietly settled by the state for around $250 million.
The lawsuits, filed by the State Department of Environmental Protection in 2004, had been litigated by the administrations of four New Jersey governors, finally advancing last year to trial. By then, Exxon’s liability was no longer in dispute; the only issue was how much it would pay in damages.