The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 states those parties responsible for an oil spill are also financially responsible for any damages it may cause. In the case of the Gulf Coast spill, a number of class action lawsuits have been filed against British Petroleum (BP) on behalf of those who suffere...
BP Plc raised the amount it will pay this year for the Deepwater Horizon accident as thousands of lawsuits related to the biggest oil spill in U.S. history start to wind down.The 2010 explosion at a well in the Gulf of Mexico threatened BP's existence after 11 people were killed and ...
BP CEO: Oil spill deal has been badly misinterpretedClass action lawsuits like the ones BP is facing in the U.S. are a “business model” that serve only to benefit attorneys, the chief executive of BP told CNBC. “The biggest beneficiaries that I can see broadly are plaintiffs’ attorney...
The weekly wrap of top class action lawsuits and settlements for the week ending December 28, 2012. Top class action stories include Instagram, Toyota and BP Oil Spill. Top Class Action Lawsuits Insta-cha-ching?You share your photos for free—and Instagram sells them for a profit? What? You...
“For a 40-year-old lawyer to find himself 62 years old and working on the same oil spill case is not a happy thing,” says Brian O’Neill, a partner at the Minneapolis firm Faegre & Benson. And yet lawyers caution that filing lawsuits now, as some Gulf Coast shrimpers have already ...
Tuesday's study, published in the journal Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, was released a week after afederal judge approved a $20 billion settlementto end years of lawsuits related to the BP spill. It includes $5.5 billion in civil penalties under the Clean Water Act –...
Thousands later were forced to file federal lawsuits that have been dismissed in batches across the South. The AP found just one person, boat captain John Maas, who sued and successfully settled with BP. HOW PEOPLE GET SICK FROM AN OIL SPILL ...
Record costs for BP accumulated to an estimated USD 24 billion in spill-related expenses and an additional USD 20.8 billion fine for the 2015 settlement with the US Department of Justice. In the major lawsuits that followed, BP was found guilty of gross negligence. # III. Was it predictable...
The U.S. Justice Department is expected to join civil lawsuits stemming from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. By joining the private litigation, Justice Department officials will play a major role in the coming trial. Attorneys for private party plaintiffs are expected to consolidate their cases by...
Meanwhile, in New Orleans, more than 300 spill-related lawsuits are being consolidated for pretrial rulings before U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier. BP is skirmishing with plaintiffs' lawyers over the timing of the release of evidence, preferring a slower pace that could force more people to...