It will be interesting to watch as the Supreme Court hears agruments on whether to assess Exxon with punitive damages as some 30,000 Alaskans are hoping.  The original fine of $5B was cut in half to $2.5B with about 2 billion in interest.  There is over a billion of that in attorney fees and I have to wonder how much the damaged individuals will eventually have in their hand.

A billion dollars in attorneys fees, your kidding. There is no firm or lawyer in the United States worth that kind of money. The Lawyers win, the plaintiffs lose. Reminds me of the billion dollars Dickie Scurggs made and now look where he is at. The tobacco settlement was a joke and was nothing but an additional tax burden on smokers in the form of higher prices. I hope the Alaskans get what they deserve. That reckless event cost them dearly and the courts could care less. That is a deserved money for people who were financially hurt for many years.