Originally Posted by
cerealmarketer
I'm not a lawyer, just a curious citizen - but who wants the over / under on whether we see a presidential election before this hits a trial. I think it took 6 years for the PG&E gas explosion case to get to trial where the corp was a criminal defendant.
In that one a $562 million ask got reduced to $3 million.
http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/11/1...plosion-trial/
Where they got hit was from their state regulator. Which I wonder if the DOT or other regulator is the better venue for energy to be focused for people who have a legitimate desire for the better good of passengers, rather than a vendetta against a single airline that isn't delivering on lifetime elite benefits.
But they also paid $565 mil in insurance claims (with I am sure was the tradeoff for no civil suits) and as you said a huge state PUD 1.6 bil. fine.