Workers & Cleanup Crews Oil Spill Claims All of the health issues experienced by residents are evenmoreacute for cleanup crews responsible for undoing the mess created by negligent offshore companies. For instance, after the 2010 Gulf oil spill, there were 1,753 injuries and illnesses recorded in...
as it did after the Exxon Valdez and Amoco Cadiz oil spills, creating a secondary disaster for those affected. The Star also notes that no ruling has been made on a medical settlement for cleanup workers and others who say exposure
Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the government's point man on the BP spill response, says there also needs to be a reevaluation of existing contingency plans. That should include a look at what people think about the role that responsible parties should have in the cleanup effort, and...
Additional Mexican States Could Join In Filing Lawsuits Against BP Over Oil SpillA lawyer representing three Mexican states that have filed lawsuits against BP in U.S. district court told BNA Sept. 29 that he is encouraging three other states that border the Gulf of Mexico to also make claims...
cleanup and damages. At the beginning of this month, the President said,“Untold damage is being done to the environment — damage that could last for decades.”This broken well is spewing out an Exxon Valdez every 4 or 5 days, and experts say it will be at least 2 months before it ...
The spill soiled sensitive tidal estuaries and beaches, killed wildlife and closed vast areas of the Gulf to commercial fishing. The suits consolidated in federal court in New Orleans were filed by fishermen who lost work, cleanup workers who got sick and others who claimed harm from the oil ...
BP does not have to face US lawsuits by energy and drilling companies over losses they suffered from an offshore drilling ban imposed soon after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a federal judge ruled. US District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans agreed with BP that federal law absolved...