ExxonMobil's Role in the Legal System

The legal system is not set up for power imbalances like this, right? So they go through the original trial. There's a jury trial in Alaska where they're assessing the claim. Exxon somehow manages to narrow it down to 32,000 claims because they've thrown out all the other claims for compensation. They think that they should only be paying people. I'm sure that all of the poverty wage earning fisherman in Alaska can afford to stay locked in a legal battle for 14 years. But basically, Exxon is making these completely insane claims.