In re the Exxon Valdez v. Hazelwood

After the Exxon Valdez, captained by Joseph Hazelwood (defendant) and owned by Exxon (defendant), ran aground and spilled massive quantities of oil into Prince William Sound, commercial fishermen, natives, and landowners (plaintiffs) won a jury verdict for damages, including purely economic harm; the district court had granted summary judgment against claimants whose injuries were purely economic under the traditional Robins Dry Dock rule, and both sides appealed.