RE:Shell's board of directors sued for 'failing to properly preLong ago, I was involved in a lawsuit against Exxon on behalf of my employer. Exxon did not even fight the lawsuit, what they did dispute however in excessively minute detail was the damages .All our claims were disected in to the tiniest parcels and a monsterous wall of counter claims was made against each.Giant corporations do not like to lose and will take very extreme measures to ensure they don't. I doubt Shell is any different from Exxon and will not be easily cowered. In the final analysis, I would imagine also that all the directors are covered by liability insurance!!