Chevron Coastal Verdict Put Back in Jeopardy After Federal Appeals Ruling
A federal appeals court put Plaquemines Parish’s $744.6 million coastal-damage verdict against Chevron back in jeopardy by sending the dispute to a federal judge and temporarily blocking further state-court proceedings. The case stems from a 2013 coastal resources act lawsuit over alleged decades of Chevron oil and gas impacts. The Fifth Circuit did not erase the verdict, but remanded jurisdictional issues after a Supreme Court ruling.