(Papers to be published in Akron Law Review)
One or more additional presenters will be selected from a call for papers.
Big environmental disasters like the Gulf Oil Spill and the Exxon Valdez spill require creative remedial solutions. The extent of the economic losses, the intangibility of environmental harms, and the practical limits of defendants’ resources call for approaches that balance all of the concerns while effectuating justice. Compensation payment funds, such as the one created after 9/11 and for the BP Oil Spill, are one way to resolve the problem. Strong deterrent remedies like punitive damages are another approach. This panel explores the spectrum of remedial approaches that have been considered to address disasters of national impact in the courts, Congress, and alternative compensation systems.
Business Meeting at Program Conclusion.