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27 Dec 2008, 10:19 am
Modern Age 19th century * 1830: William Huskisson, statesman and financier, was crushed to death by the world’s first mechanically powered passenger train (Stephenson’s Rocket), at its public opening. * 1834: David Douglas, Scottish botanist, fell into a pit trap accompanied by a bull. [read post]
8 Sep 2008, 4:00 pm
" It just so happens the remaining officer on deck was unlicensed to navigate those waters, and when the tanker eventually ran into the reef, its hull tore open and 11 million gallons of crude spilled into Prince William Sound. [read post]
14 Apr 2008, 1:55 pm
Ross not only wrote for the New Yorker, she was the companion of William Shawn, the editor of the New Yorker. [read post]
16 Mar 2008, 1:13 pm
Rosen's piece also explores the extraordinary influence of corporations in encouraging certain directions in research by legal scholars, as this excerpt suggests: In 1989, the Exxon Valdez tanker, whose captain had a history of alcoholism, ran into a reef and punctured the hull; 11 million gallons of oil leaked onto the coastline of Prince William Sound. [read post]
17 Feb 2008, 11:07 pm
Baker (07-219) Oral argument: Feb. 27, 2008In 1989 the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef, off the Alaska coast, spilling millions of gallons of oil into Prince William Sound. [read post]
19 Dec 2007, 7:27 pm
Exxon filed a brief in the case Monday, arguing mostly that trial and appellate courts erred in blaming the company for the actions of captain Joe Hazelwood when the Exxon Valdez hit a reef in Prince William Sound in 1989 and spilled nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil. [read post]
29 Oct 2007, 7:03 am
Exxon Mobil claims that he violated company policy in leaving the bridge of the Exxon Valdez before she went aground on Bligh Reef, spilling 11 million gallons (about 258,000 barrels) of oil. [read post]
23 May 2007, 1:27 pm
Today, the Ninth Circuit bid a not-so-fond adieu to the case in which a jury awarded $5 billion in punitive against Exxon for the 1989 grounding of its tanker, The Exxon Valdez, on Blight Reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound. [read post]
21 May 2007, 5:08 pm
July 31, 2002) ("Koehler VII").The year before I got married, I lived at Mom and Dad's house, working for Judge Williams. [read post]
23 Apr 2007, 11:39 pm
Craig Williams, the California lawyer who writes the well-regarded May It Please The Court, sometimes blogs from abroad. [read post]
28 Mar 2007, 6:12 am
 But the Battle of Leyte Gulf blurs together with a dozen other battles fought in jungles or on coral reefs on the other side of Civilization. [read post]
23 Mar 2007, 5:30 pm
In January 2007 Spanish officials investigating human rights abuses arising out of the dirty war waged in Argentina briefly detained her.... 1989, the Exxon Valdez supertanker beached on a reef in Alaska. [read post]