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Archive Home > 2008 > November > 25 > Judge OKs first Exxon Valdez oil spill payments

Judge OKs first Exxon Valdez oil spill payments

By Mark Thiessen / The Bulletin
November 25, 2008

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Thousands of Alaska fishermen and other plaintiffs should receive their portion of punitive damages in the Exxon Valdez oil spill lawsuit before the end of November, a federal judge said Monday.

Judge H. Russel Holland ordered the release of $151 million of the....

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