French court upholds Total liability in Erika oil spill

A judgment handed down Mar. 31 by the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed that Total SA “had been imprudent” in implementing its vessel-vetting process for the Erika tanker, which spilled oil in December 2009 that damaged 400 km of Brittany’s coast.

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