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$744.6M Chevron coastal verdict back in jeopardy

(The Center Square) — A federal appeals court has put Plaquemines Parish’s $744.6 million coastal-damage verdict against Chevron back in jeopardy, sending the case to a federal judge and temporarily blocking further proceedings in state court.

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday vacated a federal district court’s earlier decision sending the Plaquemines Parish lawsuit back to state co…

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