Forums

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

That's a delightful idea, but if I understand correctly there are statutory caps on liability which mean it will never happen.

I would wager that it was not liberals who got those caps enacted, btw.

I knew somebody would take the cheap road there... Look, the govt has endless ways to compel payment from these companies. The coercive actions go on to infinity. I was merely citing one, and the common law (and equitable) bases upon which any such action would be justified. The notion one is entitled to payment for damage another does to his property is not a concept exclusive to trial law. They drilled off our shore and fucked up. Now they have to pay up. How that's done is immaterial.