Exxon Valdez Revisited: Justice Achieved or Denied?
This public forum followed the UST Law Journal's Fall symposium, Exxon Valdez Revisited: Rights and Remedies. The Holloran Center's companion event included appearances by WCCO news anchor Don Shelby, Twin Cities lawyer Brian O'Neill, who represented the plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez trial, NTSB investigator William Woody, who investigated the spill, Twin Cities attorney and author David Lebedoff, Tom Holloran, and others.
Date/Time
Thursday, January 1, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
This public forum followed the UST Law Journal's Fall symposium, Exxon Valdez Revisited: Rights and Remedies. The Holloran Center's companion event included appearances by WCCO news anchor Don Shelby, Twin Cities lawyer Brian O'Neill, who represented the plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez trial, NTSB investigator William Woody, who investigated the spill, Twin Cities attorney and author David Lebedoff, Tom Holloran, and others.
You can see video of the Holloran Center's Exxon Valdez Revisited event here:
You can access the electronic version of the Exxon Valdez Symposium from the University of St. Thomas Law Journal here:
- Welcome by Don Shelby, WCCO
- Presentation by William Woody, Investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board
- Presentation by Dr. Steven Picou, University of South Alabama Professor
- Rearguing of Exxon v. Baker by Brian O'Neill, Faegre & Benson attorney, and Michael Paulsen, UST Law Professor
- Panel Presentation by Catherine Sharkey, NYU Law Professor, and David Lebedoff, Gray Plant Mooty attorney & author
EXXON V ALDEZ REVISITED: RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
Foreword:
Exxon Valdez Revisited: Rights and Remedies
Bryce Young
Keynote Addresses:
The Exxon Valdez Litigation Marathon: A Window on Punitive Damages
Catherin M. Sharkey
Common Law Punitive Damages: Something for Everyone?
Doug Rendleman
Articles:
Persistence, Toxicity, and Long-Term Environmental Impact of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Dr. Stanley D. Rice
When the Solution Becomes the Problem: The Impacts of Adversarial Litigation on Survivors of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Dr. J. Steven Picou
Punitive Decisionmaking
William H. Rodgers
A Precautionary Tale: Assessing Ecological Damages After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Sanne Knudsen
The Legacy of Exxon Valdez: How Do We Stop the Crisis?
Amy J. Wildermuth
Punishment for Ecological Disasters: Punitive Damages and/or Criminal Sanctions
Leo M. Romero