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Overturning 8 Years of “Palpable Error,” The Louisiana Supreme Court Limits Damages Available to Landowners in Oilfield Legacy Litigation

The Energy Law

2020-00685 (La. However, there was no mechanism to ensure that a penny of the $33 million awarded in Corbello would be spent on clean-up. The lure of that financial “delta”—the cost difference between attaining government standards and some standard in excess of that—was an engine that has shaped legacy litigation in the ensuing years.

E&A 105
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Overturning 8 Years of “Palpable Error,” The Louisiana Supreme Court Limits Damages Available to Landowners in Oilfield Legacy Litigation

The Energy Law

2020-00685 (La. However, there was no mechanism to ensure that a penny of the $33 million awarded in Corbello would be spent on clean-up. The lure of that financial “delta”—the cost difference between attaining government standards and some standard in excess of that—was an engine that has shaped legacy litigation in the ensuing years.

E&A 52