Well it never fails that our wonderful Supreme Court once again comes to the rescue of big business. Today the high court has handed down its verdict and overturned the lower courts ruling on how much punitive damage money Exxon must pay to the Alaskan citizens for its causing the nations larges oil spill.
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I came across this blog post in the legal advice forums. It seems that although upper management didn’t just come out and say it they were making this girl feel she was a burden and a major inconvenience due to her condition.

From the post it sounds as if she was backed into a corner and finally had enough. Now it appears she may still be left with breast cancer (the post doesn’t say) and now she has lost her health insurance since she can’t afford the steep monthly payments for COBRA with no income.

It makes me wonder how many other people out there have had a similar experience of being pushed out the door of your job due to some condition health or otherwise that was beyond your control.

If this has happened to you or you have suggestions post your comments. One day all this crap of only doing what’s best for business is going to end and we all will have to sort this out together.

You can read the original post at Help Did breast cancer cost me my job

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It was March 23, 1989 when the allegedly drunk Captain Hazelwood rammed the supertanker Exxon Valdez into a reef dumping over 11 million gallons of crude oil into the Prince William Sound.

The spill devastated this once beautiful Alaskan region by killing thousands of birds and other wildlife and turning the area into a barren God-forsaken place.

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