Bowoto V. Chevron Corp.

Bowoto V. Chevron Corp.

In October 2008, a lawsuit against Chevron Nigeria Ltd. (a subsidiary of Chevron USA ), went to trial in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs, Nigerian citizens who had been injured during or who had survived human rights violations perpetrated by Nigerian military personnel, alleged that the Chevron subsidiary backed the military action and that the parent company thus should bear liability in U.S. courts for the resultant fallout. The suit, Bowoto v. Chevron Corp., was decided on December 1, 2008, when nine jurors unanimously agreed Chevron was not liable for any of the numerous allegations. Judgment was entered the next day, officially exonerating Chevron.

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