reveals the plaintiffs Perito fraud on the part of lawyers in the trial of Ecuador
SAN RAMON, Calif., April 5, 2010 - Last week, the technical expert revealed original plaintiffs in a sworn statement that lawyers for the plaintiffs who brought the case against Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) fraudulent reporting an Ecuadorian court alleging the presence of hazardous contamination in oil wells Amazonia.
Dr. Charles W. Calmbacher, a biologist and hygienist American industrialist, who was the first expert instructed on behalf of plaintiffs in the lawsuit against Chevron in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, testified last week in a statement ordered by a U.S. federal court, the reports related to inspections of wells Sacha Shushufindi 94 and 48, were presented on their behalf without their knowledge or authorization. Dr. Calmbacher said he had never concluded that the wells represent a risk to human health or the environment, and that their views were known to the legal and technical equipment of the plaintiffs in Ecuador. However, plaintiffs' attorneys had conflicting reports on the conclusions of Dr. Calmbacher and used signature under false pretenses, months after completing their participation in the case.
"Your own expert has declared that two of the first reports of the claimants are fraudulent, which confirms that the trial in Ecuador has been corrupted from the start," said Hewitt Pate, vice president and general counsel for Chevron. "Chevron will ask the Lago Agrio court challenging the false reports on Sacha plaintiffs Shushufindi 94 and 48, and require the authorities to investigate these improper actions."
After filing the lawsuit against Chevron in 2003, both Lawyers for the plaintiffs and the court Dr. Calmbacher appointed to conduct the judicial inspections of oil wells in the former concession area of \u200b\u200bPetroecuador-Texaco Petroleum Co. in order to assess the environmental damage of course. Dr. Calmbacher was in charge of these inspections on behalf of the plaintiffs and oversaw the removal of soil and water samples from August to October 2004.
fraudulent reports were submitted in February and March 2005 and later used by Richard Cabrera, who was appointed as an expert by the court in Lago Agrio, in his report which estimated that damages against Chevron amounted to USD27. 000 million. Cabrera never investigated or Sacha Shushufindi 94 or 48; however, specified more than USD101 million in damages on the basis of findings invented. Dr. Calmbacher also inspected Sacha Sacha 6 and 21, however, lawyers for the plaintiffs did not submit the report with its findings on these wells. Dr. Calmbacher said it found no risk to human health or the environment or other cleaning that was necessary in any of the sites previously remediated by Texaco Petroleum and inspected by him. He said he had never stated that the remediation carried out in Ecuador in the '90s by Texaco Petroleum, had not been successful.
In his statement March 29 testimony required by the U.S. federal court, Dr. Calmbacher said it sent blank pages with your initials and his signature to the plaintiffs' legal team by courier, in late 2004, for reporting that he believed would contain their true findings. Dr. Calmbacher also ruled that the plaintiffs' attorneys never informed him that the court in Lago Agrio had asked to answer questions about the reports, after being presented with his signature in 2005.
Chevron has long said that the trial is without merit and is marred by numerous irregularities and fraud. In September last year, the company filed a complaint with the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, claiming that management by Ecuador in Lago Agrio trial violates the Bilateral Investment Treaty between the United States and Ecuador.
can access the full testimony under oath by Dr. Calmbacher in www.chevron.com / Ecuador / depo. Pdf
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