BP oil spill litigation slow to surface on New Orleans North ShoreJaime Guillet
Under Florida law, BP oil spill litigation cases will need to be filed within four years. The amount of time that you have left to get your claim filed will depend on the specific details of your case. Make sure that the statute of limitations does not become an issue for you and your...
Medical Benefits Won by Multidistrict Litigation 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...
The explosion of BP’s Macondo well that resulted in the worst oil spill in the history of the US, killed 11 rig workers and released over 200 million gallons of oil, closing much of the Gulf for months to commercial and recreational fishing and shrimping. While much litigation remains, th...
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Three years after BP oil spill, active clean-up ends in three states Judge refuses to block BP settlement payouts Trial set to open for Gulf oil spill litigation Judge OKs $400M in Gulf oil spill penalties The April 2010 blowout of BP's well off the Louisiana coast triggered an explosion...
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...
Blame-Game Litigation Won't Solve Climate Change One such lawsuit was filed last summer by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D), who recently wrote an Insight for Bloomberg Law calling on the Biden administration to help litigate who is to blame for climate change. Looking ... GA Nort...
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...
The final phase of a sprawling civil litigation stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill wrapped up Monday. But the ruling over how much pollution fines the oil giant BP should pay, remains undetermined. US District Judge Carl Barbier on Monday declared the end of the two-year-long ...