| Lawyers For Larry Bowoto Respond to Chevron Executive's Comments |
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| Written by EarthRights International | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thursday, 29 May 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May 28, 2008, San Ramon, California – At Chevron’s Annual General Meeting today, Larry Bowoto, the lead plaintiff in the landmark case Bowoto v. Chevron, called for the oil giant’s accountability for human rights violations and environmental abuses. Bowoto sustained critical injuries after military forces hired by Chevron opened fire on a peaceful protest in the Niger Delta exactly ten years ago today. He called for the corporation to “give up violence as a way of doing business.” His pleas were met with harsh criticism by Chairman and CEO David O’Reilly, who declared Mr. Bowoto a “criminal.”
Bowoto v. Chevron, No. 99-2506, will go to trial before Federal District Court Judge Susan Illston in September in San Francisco; a related case in California Superior Court, No. CGC-03-417580, will also proceed to trial before Judge Harold E. Kahn in the fall. In addition to Mr. Voorhees' firm, Traber & Voorhees, and EarthRights International, the plaintiffs are represented by several law firms including Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick, Siegel & Yee, Paul Hoffman, Michael Sorgen, Robert Newman, Anthony DiCaprio, and Richard Wiebe; as well as the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Meida Contacts: Ateqah Khaki, Riptide Communications, 212-260-5000; Marco Simons, EarthRights International, 917-696-3304
Learn more about Bowoto v. Chevron | Read about Chevron in Burma
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