Three Chevron Lawyers Sanctioned For Obstructing Ecuador Environmental Trial

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Business Wire

October 29, 2010 12:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Amazon Defense Coalition: Three Chevron Lawyers Sanctioned For Obstructing Ecuador Environmental Trial
Facing $113 Billion in Potential Damages, Chevron Lawyers Seek Any Opportunity to Delay

LAGO AGRIO, Ecuador--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A trial court has sanctioned and fined three Chevron lawyers for obstructing the trial where Chevron faces a multi-billion dollar judgment for the deliberate dumping of 18 billion gallons of toxic waste, according to court papers made available today.

Alberto Racines and Diego Larrea, both of whom have worked on Chevron’s legal team in Ecuador since the trial against Chevron began in 2003, were fined by Judge Nicolas Zambrano this week for repeatedly filing the same motions in an effort to delay the seven-year Ecuador trial.

The judge ruled that the lawyers had used Chevron’s motions “to obstruct the trial.” In 2009, a third Chevron lawyer – Patricio Campuzano – was sanctioned for the same reason.

On August 5 – one day after the court ordered both parties to submit their own damages assessments – Chevron filed 19 motions to nullify the order or the trial itself in a 30-minute period. Racines and Larrea then cited the failure of the trial judge to quickly rule on each of the motions as a basis to recuse him.

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[goforit]

1. How many years has this trial been going on for?

Can anyone ever put a ripple in the "OIL GOD's" machine?

[Wilms]

2. k&r n/t

[Peace Patriot]

3. K&R! Very important trial! Can these corporate monsters ever be held accountable for ANYTHING?! nt