Exxon Valdez

The Supreme Court will hear arguments that Exxon Mobil is not responsible for the oil spill that occurred off the coast of Alaska nineteen years ago. It is estimated that over 33,000 people in Alaska lost their livelihood when the oil spill happened. The only skill those folks had back then was how to catch fish. When those fish died, their only hope for any kind of future died with them. Some of the people committed suicide. After almost twenty years of delays, only 27,000 of those people are still alive. A sad commentary on corporate responsibility.
With their income lost the families had no recourse except to sue the huge oil monopoly. Exxon's battery of lawyers managed to slow down the entire judicial process for nineteen years. Now the time has arrived for recompense. Let's see if the Court is on the side of families or on the side of greedy corporations like Exxon. If they deny the fishermen their due, the Court has as much validity as a FEMA press conference.