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Monday, April 7th, 2025
 
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Chevron to pay $745 million in damages

BY ADAM DAIGLE | Acadiana Business Editor​ ​ ​

A Plaquemines Parish jury ordered Chevron to pay $745 million in damages on Friday to restore an area of Louisiana coastal wetlands, a landmark verdict likely to have wider implications on dozens of other similar lawsuits.

The case was the first to go to trial among 41 parish lawsuits against oil companies seeking to hold them accountable for coastal damage. The verdict may influence how other cases proceed as Louisiana struggles to find badly needed money to address its accelerating land loss crisis in the years ahead.

You can read the story from our New Orleans reporter, Alex Lubben, here. 

Have a great day and thanks for reading. 

 
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