There have been plenty of losers in the tragic, sprawling litigation stemming from Texaco’s oil operations in the Amazon. To start, there are the Ecuadorean villagers still coping with widespread pollution in the region. Then there’s Steven Donziger, the U.S. lawyer who championed the villagers’ cause and won a $9.5 billion environmental judgment against Texaco successor Chevron Corp. in Ecuador—only to have a New York judge rule last year that Donziger’s case was riddled with fraud.
If Donziger manages to reverse his fortunes someday—by convincing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to toss the fraud verdict, or by collecting his megabillions judgment abroad—he could still claim victory over Chevron. (He’ll also be our easiest pick ever for Litigator of the Week.) But for now the Chevron case has produced yet another loser—and another big win for the oil company and its lawyers.
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