I wonder if big oil will become liable for global warming and destructive super-storms. Can/will they be sued? [View all]

[Imallin4Joe]

To me, this is a very complex legal question. I know very little about civil law suits other than the basics of less complex cases.

I'm just simply asking for others to share their opinions.

I remember in the 90's few would have thought that people could sue big tobacco and win for smoking relates illnesses, yet they did and won some huge awards from those lawsuits. I'm not saying that's a legit comparison to big oil but I had to throw out some form of an example.



I'm simply asking from my simpleton perspective with limited knowledge in this complex legal question.

These storms are only going to become more frequent, powerful, deadly, costly as global warming gets worse.