UPDATE: Case dismissed
This is a real judicial disappointment
With this ruling, the courts are now declaring themselves totally
inconsequential to settle global warming damages. Kivalina v. Exxon
was too big, too disruptive - the courts backed down from a clear-cut
nuisance case.
Instead they declared that damages from global warming should be
handled by the legislature - not the courts.
Too big, too messy. Too bad
A Federal Jury will decide. The small Native Village of Kivalina, damaged by rising waters storm surges - file suit against the fossil fuel companies. The suit Kivalina v. ExxonMobil is getting plenty of attention in both industry and law circles.
Kivalina is seeking $400 million in monetary damages and damages for conspiring to suppress the knowledge of the link between greenhouse gas emissions and global warming.
Read the Original Complaint http://www.climatelaw.org/cases/country/us/kivalina/Kivalina%20Complaint.pdf
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