Humberto Piaguaje, a school teacher in Ecuador’s Amazon, says he has lost eight family members to cancer. He blames the rash of deaths in his village of San Pablo de Kantesiya — close to Colombia and Peru — on river water contaminated by upstream oil operations. On Tuesday, an Ecuadoran appeals court agreed, upholding an $18 billion judgment against Chevron Corp. saying it was liable for the shoddy environmental practices of its predecessor, Texaco, which dumped millions of gallons of oil-tainted waste water in streams and creeks. Texaco operated in Ecuador from 1960 to 1992 and the two companies merged in 2001.The judgment — thought to be one of the largest environmental verdicts in history — was doubled from $9 billion as Chevron has refused to offer a public apology. The case has dragged on for more than 18 years in U.S. and Ecuador courts, and still isn’t over. Chevron called the ruling “illegitimate” and said it will continue to fight the case in international tribunals and the U.S. courts. Company Spokesman Kent Robertson said Chevron was still analyzing the ruling and had not decided if it will take the case to Ecuador’s Supreme Court.But the plaintiffs’ lawyer, Pablo Fajardo said the appellate decision makes the judgment enforceable even before a higher court ruling.
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Humberto Piaguaje, a school teacher in Ecuador’s Amazon, says he has lost eight family members to cancer. He blames the rash of deaths in his village of San Pablo de Kantesiya — close to Colombia and Peru — on river water contaminated by upstream oil operations.
On Tuesday, an Ecuadoran appeals court agreed, upholding an $18 billion judgment against Chevron Corp. saying it was liable for the shoddy environmental practices of its predecessor, Texaco, which dumped millions of gallons of oil-tainted waste water in streams and creeks. Texaco operated in Ecuador from 1960 to 1992 and the two companies merged in 2001.The judgment — thought to be one of the largest environmental verdicts in history — was doubled from $9 billion as Chevron has refused to offer a public apology.
The case has dragged on for more than 18 years in U.S. and Ecuador courts, and still isn’t over. Chevron called the ruling “illegitimate” and said it will continue to fight the case in international tribunals and the U.S. courts. Company Spokesman Kent Robertson said Chevron was still analyzing the ruling and had not decided if it will take the case to Ecuador’s Supreme Court.But the plaintiffs’ lawyer, Pablo Fajardo said the appellate decision makes the judgment enforceable even before a higher court ruling.
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Humberto Piaguaje, a school teacher in Ecuador’s Amazon, says he has lost eight family members to cancer. He blames the rash of deaths in his village of San Pablo de Kantesiya — close to Colombia and Peru — on river water contaminated by upstream oil operations. On Tuesday, an Ecuadoran appeals court agreed, upholding an $18 billion judgment against Chevron Corp. saying it was liable for the shoddy environmental practices of its predecessor, Texaco, which dumped millions of gallons of oil-tainted waste water in streams and creeks. Texaco operated in Ecuador from 1960 to 1992 and the two companies merged in 2001.The judgment — thought to be one of the largest environmental verdicts in history — was doubled from $9 billion as Chevron has refused to offer a public apology. The case has dragged on for more than 18 years in U.S. and Ecuador courts, and still isn’t over. Chevron called the ruling “illegitimate” and said it will continue to fight the case in international tribunals and the U.S. courts. Company Spokesman Kent Robertson said Chevron was still analyzing the ruling and had not decided if it will take the case to Ecuador’s Supreme Court.But the plaintiffs’ lawyer, Pablo Fajardo said the appellate decision makes the judgment enforceable even before a higher court ruling.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/04/2573017/ecuador-court-upholds-historic.html#storylink=cpy
Humberto Piaguaje, a school teacher in Ecuador’s Amazon, says he has lost eight family members to cancer. He blames the rash of deaths in his village of San Pablo de Kantesiya — close to Colombia and Peru — on river water contaminated by upstream oil operations. On Tuesday, an Ecuadoran appeals court agreed, upholding an $18 billion judgment against Chevron Corp. saying it was liable for the shoddy environmental practices of its predecessor, Texaco, which dumped millions of gallons of oil-tainted waste water in streams and creeks. Texaco operated in Ecuador from 1960 to 1992 and the two companies merged in 2001.The judgment — thought to be one of the largest environmental verdicts in history — was doubled from $9 billion as Chevron has refused to offer a public apology. The case has dragged on for more than 18 years in U.S. and Ecuador courts, and still isn’t over. Chevron called the ruling “illegitimate” and said it will continue to fight the case in international tribunals and the U.S. courts. Company Spokesman Kent Robertson said Chevron was still analyzing the ruling and had not decided if it will take the case to Ecuador’s Supreme Court.But the plaintiffs’ lawyer, Pablo Fajardo said the appellate decision makes the judgment enforceable even before a higher court ruling.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/04/2573017/ecuador-court-upholds-historic.html#storylink=cpy
Humberto Piaguaje, a school teacher in Ecuador’s Amazon, says he has lost eight family members to cancer. He blames the rash of deaths in his village of San Pablo de Kantesiya — close to Colombia and Peru — on river water contaminated by upstream oil operations. On Tuesday, an Ecuadoran appeals court agreed, upholding an $18 billion judgment against Chevron Corp. saying it was liable for the shoddy environmental practices of its predecessor, Texaco, which dumped millions of gallons of oil-tainted waste water in streams and creeks. Texaco operated in Ecuador from 1960 to 1992 and the two companies merged in 2001.The judgment — thought to be one of the largest environmental verdicts in history — was doubled from $9 billion as Chevron has refused to offer a public apology. The case has dragged on for more than 18 years in U.S. and Ecuador courts, and still isn’t over. Chevron called the ruling “illegitimate” and said it will continue to fight the case in international tribunals and the U.S. courts. Company Spokesman Kent Robertson said Chevron was still analyzing the ruling and had not decided if it will take the case to Ecuador’s Supreme Court.But the plaintiffs’ lawyer, Pablo Fajardo said the appellate decision makes the judgment enforceable even before a higher court ruling.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/04/2573017/ecuador-court-upholds-historic.html#storylink=cpy
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