$37 million lawsuit for harassment

If an individual feels so strongly that she was wronged, and launches a $37 million lawsuit for harassment, then what do readers here reckon Cougar could/should claim as an amount for damages? I think there are a few parties that can be included as defendants don't you?!!
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sydney-nsw/david-jones-sexual-harassment-case-settled/story-e6freuzi-1225939386247

KRISTY Fraser-Kirk sued former David Jones CEO Mark McInnes and the company employing him for what at the time seemed an excessive amount. It was a very high profile case and imo it was in the interests of the retail giant to settle the matter as expeditiously as possible. Was it an $8m
smile or a $0.8m smile or somewhere in between...

DERM and the QLD gov't have not treated Cougar Energy fairly. They have not shut down CSG operators and they have taken their the word in regard to the CSG contamination events - Here's some excerpts from the online media reports; '''Australia Pacific LNG, then a joint venture between Origin Energy and ConocoPhillips, announced in October that it too had found traces of BTEX at undisclosed levels from eight exploration wells in the Surat Basin, 300 kilometres north-west of Brisbane.
APLNG was not alone. In November, Arrow Energy also found trace amounts of BTEX at around 1 to 3 ppb.
Both companies have denied using the chemicals in fraccing fluids.

http://www.theage.com.au/business/stepping-on-the-gas-in-qld-20110307-1bl4p.html

Dean Ellwood, DERM's assistant director-general for environment, said the incident at Cougar's Kingaroy site was ''fundamentally different'' to other recent incidents at CSG sites.

''In the case of Cougar, the well being used to extract gas from the seam cracked, allowing contaminated water to get into a groundwater supply,'' he said.

Cougar disputes that any groundwater was contaminated.

''In the recent case investigated at Arrow Energy's CSG site there was no evidence of environmental harm, operational failure, or any impact on groundwater land-holder bores,'' Ellwood said.

''The circumstances in relation to APLNG are similar to that of Arrow.''

Even more worrying than the traces of BTEX is the broader issue of groundwater management, according to Ian Hayllor, chairman of the Basin Sustainability Alliance.

''The BTEX levels are honestly pretty low. It is not greater than what you would get if you were filling up your car or walking down a street in a major city,'' he said.

''The concern is that these chemicals got into these wells and no one seems to know how they got there.''

Hayllor says farmers have reported a drop in the Great Artesian Basin, Australia's greatest underground water resource, of up to 10 metres.

But proving that it is a result of the gas works is near-impossible because neither the Queensland government nor the gas companies can say what water levels were when drilling began.

''The state government hasn't even done its baseline monitoring to the standing water level and the water quality. That is just criminal neglect,'' Hayllor said. ''The Queensland government has finally brought in the groundwater monitoring program which triggers an investigation if the water drops more than two metres. But if you don't have the starting level, which suits the companies, you can't prove to anybody that the bore has dropped.''

Whether its CXY or the Farmers Federation or some other body who ultimately demands some answers - I think the courts and independent adjudicators may ultimately decide if DERM is putting enough safeguards in place regarding actual harm to the environment and contamination of groundwater supplies.

CXY didn't go the jugular from the outset, but now imo they have no choice. Shock them!! Get some media attention. Make it an amount they cannot ignore. $2.8 Billion as a ballpark damages amount is required to make the muppets realise that they can't get away with it....