Legal Opinion
In Re the Exxon Valdez
District Court, D. Alaska
Decided January 28, 2004No. A89-0095-CV (HRH)PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER No. 36Jp
Second Renewed Motion for Reduction of Punitive Damages Award
HOLLAND, District Judge.
Preface
On December 6, 2002, the court granted Exxon Mobil Corporation’s (D — 1) and Exxon Shipping Company’s (D-2), hereinafter referred to as “Exxon”, renewed motion for reduction or remittitur and reduced a jury verdict awarding plaintiffs $5 billion in punitive damages to $4 billion. 1 The court concluded that application of the BMW guideposts supported the $5 billion award but, based on plaintiffs’ alternative suggestion, reduced the award to $4 billion because the Ninth Circuit in earlier…
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