BP, oil spill victims fight over venue for court casesSimon Shifrin
BP PLC wanted the court to consider whether people and businesses seeking payments under the settlementincluded some who haven't actually suffered any injury related to the spill. A district court and an appeals court ruled that, under the settlement BP agreed to, businesses do not have to prov...
Wrong or right may have nothing to do with it. Pat Juneau, the claims administrator awarding the compensation told 60 Minutes that he questioned the eligibility formula because it didn't require proof of a link to the spill. BP replied in the court record that if the numbers fit the formul...
Asked about BP's motion, Juneau wrote in an email Tuesday that his office "has not seen or reviewed the motion. Additionally, we cannot comment on the motion since this issue will be before the Court." "We will continue to process claims until the court instructs otherwise," he added. ...
BP oil spill litigation claims need to be filed before the state’s statute of limitations expires. Thestatute of limitationsis the law that determines how long a person has to file a personal injury claim within the civil court system. ...
NEW ORLEANSBP PLC is being forced to pay inflated and even "fictitious" claims to businesses because of the way a court-appointed administrator is making payments from a legal settlement following the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, an attorney for the oil giant said Monday. ...
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Meanwhile, aDutch court has orderedRoyal Dutch Shell(NYSE:RDS.A) to cut its greenhouse gas emissions harder and faster than it had previously planned. Whereas climate change issues are the presumptive reasons behind the latest wave of investor revolts at the oil and gas giants, lurking beneath...
This nearly closes the saga on the BP oil spill – although you hardly hear of any further environmental consequences. The only story left will be a decade of litigation in court to determine who pays for the damages. Be careful of people touting their horns – what I’m about to write...
"The whole matter of the BOP, whether it worked or didn't work ... could change the whole outcome of the whole investigation," says Daniel Becnel, an attorney representing a host of plaintiffs in the consolidated federal court case. ...