Legal Opinion
Kodiak Island Borough v. Exxon Corp.
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided November 22, 1999No. S-7581PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRYNER, Justice.
This case arises from the EXXON VALDEZ oil spill of March 1989. In response to the discharge of nearly eleven million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound, sever al municipalities were forced to divert employee time and municipal services to a massive cleanup operation. They later filed suit against Exxon to recover the value of these diverted services under an Alaska statute imposing strict liability for the discharge of hazardous substances. The trial court granted summary judgment to Exxon, concluding that the statute did not permit recovery of damages for…
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