Law Practice
Jun. 9, 2009
Shell Settles Human Rights Lawsuit
Royal Dutch/Shell Co. and its Nigerian subsidiary agreed Monday to pay $15.5 million to settle allegations the oil company was complicit in the torture, killing and other abuses of Nigerian activists in the mid-1990s, human rights activists in the mid-1990s, human rights activists announced on Monday.
By Evan George
Daily Journal Staff Writer Royal Dutch/Shell Co. and its Nigerian subsidiary agreed Monday to pay $15.5 million to settle allegations the oil company was complicit in the torture, killing and other abuses of Nigerian activists in the mid-1990s, human rights activists announced on Monday. The settlement came days before trial was set to begin in U.S. District Court in New York, but more than a decade after family members of those kil...
Daily Journal Staff Writer Royal Dutch/Shell Co. and its Nigerian subsidiary agreed Monday to pay $15.5 million to settle allegations the oil company was complicit in the torture, killing and other abuses of Nigerian activists in the mid-1990s, human rights activists announced on Monday. The settlement came days before trial was set to begin in U.S. District Court in New York, but more than a decade after family members of those kil...
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