BP, oil spill victims fight over venue for court casesSimon Shifrin
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
A district court and an appeals court ruled that, under the settlement BP agreed to, businesses do not have to prove they were directly harmed by the spill to collect money - only that they made less money in the three to eight months after the spill than in a comparable pre-spill perio...
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...
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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 ...
Supreme Court On Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill PaymentsThe U.S. Supreme Court refused to review BP Plc's $9.7 billion settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, turning away the company's argument that hundreds of millions of dollars are going to businesses that weren't harmed. The ...
The UK - based oil giant said it will ask the Supreme Court to review several court rulings which found that businesses pursuing claims against BP under a 2012 settlement agreement do not have to prove that their losses were in fact caused by the spill.Bill Murray...
Court hears arguments on BP oil spill settlementBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Nearly three years after a deepwater well rupture killed 11 men, sank a rig and spewed 4 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, BP and the other companies involved are about to face their day in court.Kristen HaysBraden Reddall...