10/10/2011 · Thousands of businesses and workers in the Gulf region filed lawsuits against BP, seeking repayment for profits and income that were lost because of the oil spill. These plaintiffs included companies and employees in the commercial fishing, shrimp, and oyster industry; and charter boat operators, hotels, tourist attractions, rental property owners, and other businesses in popular resort.
6/5/2019 · Lawsuit alleges BP ignored, undersold health risks for workers cleaning up oil spill. Workers who helped clean up the Gulf of Mexico after the 2010 BP spill claim they were exposed to harmful …
7/2/2015 · BP has reached a $18.7 billion settlement to end five years of litigation following the devastating 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill .It is the largest settlement with a single entity in U.S. history …
Environmental groups sue BP Environmental advocacy groups Defenders of Wildlife, Gulf Restoration Network and Save the Manatee Club filed a federal lawsuit Oct. 20 against BP for the ongoing harm to endangered and threatened wildlife caused by the company’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill . The suit, filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana under the Endangered Species …
Sources. BP Oil Spill Lawsuits and Legal Issues, by David Goguen , U.S. Settles Claims Against BP Over Deepwater Horizon Spill For $20 Billion, by Bill Chappell. In 2010, hundreds of lawsuits were filed against companies involved in the explosion of the offshore drilling.
Judge Approves $20 Billion Settlement in BP Oil Spill, BP Oil Spill Lawsuits and Legal Issues | Nolo, BP Oil Spill Lawsuits and Legal Issues | Nolo, Judge Approves $20 Billion Settlement in BP Oil Spill, British Petroleum agreed in a deal with the federal government to establish a $20 billion fund to pay claims related to those lawsuits, which cover the bulk of the injuries created by the spill. As part of the settlement, thousands of people remain eligible to join litigation in MDL No. 2179 and receive compensation if they can demonstrate symptoms of medical conditions that arose as a result of this oil.
12/15/2010 · The federal lawsuit says inadequate cementing of the well contributed to the disaster. Similar charges were made by BP in its internal investigation, and by the independent presidential oil spill …
4/5/2016 · A federal judge in New Orleans granted final approval Monday to an estimated $20 billion settlement, resolving years of litigation over the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
4/21/2011 · 1. BP is suing the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig and the maker of the device that failed to stop last year’s calamitous Gulf oil spill, alleging that negligence by both companies helped to …
12/16/2010 · Dec. 15, 2010. The Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday in New Orleans against the oil giant BP and eight other companies over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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