Exxon Valdez $2.5 Billion Oil Spill Ruling Overturned
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday
threw out the record $2.5 billion in punitive damages that
Exxon Mobil Corp <XOM.N> had been ordered to pay for the 1989
Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska, the nation’s worst tanker
spill.