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ProfessorGAC

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10. Not Quite
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 12:13 PM
Mar 2024

The $5 billion judgment was overturned. It was redone at $2.5 billion, then again at $1.8 billion.
ExxonMobil paid $900 million in a settlement after already putting in 4 years at >$60 million.
So, they didn't pay $60 million. They paid $1.15 billion.
https://www.epa.gov/archive/epa/aboutepa/exxon-pay-record-one-billion-dollars-criminal-fines-and-civil-damages-connection-alaskan.html#:~:text=Washington%2C%20D.C.%20%2D%20Attorney%20General%20Dick,of%20%24900%20million%20in%20damages.

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