Exxon decision not justice for fishermen

My name is Kellie Kvasnikoff. I was a commercial fisherman forced into a career change by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. In 2006 I published a book on the oil spill entitled "Exxon Valdez 18 Years and Counting." In that book I said that justice for the Exxon Valdez-impacted fishermen should be spelled "Just Us." The law did not help us in our time of need. It hindered us. The law went any way Exxon wished to pull it.
This latest Supreme Court decision on punitive damages (Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker) is more of the same. It is a travesty. It is filled with errors. Bad facts, bad law.
Please help to correct this gross error of the Supreme Court by signing this petition to open an investigation immediately and without delay into the wrongdoings of the Exxon Shipping Co. and specifically the erroneous act of the Supreme Court in Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker. You may sign this petition at More ...

Law made from the bench should be a warning to every American.

Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter.

I agree with you. I was dumbfounded by the Court's decision (the majority opinion). One might think that the Supreme Court majority is more of a "corporation court", than a court interpreting the Constitution as written, not skewed for corporate interests. I do not think any member of the majority has ever tried a jury trial, so maybe that is why the do not trust juries of our good citizens. Further, it has always boggled my mind how juries can be trusted to sentence a man or woman to death, but not to effect punitive damages on a person or corporation. I do not understand the rationale.