Trial Date Set for BP Oil Spill Plaintiffs

Posted in Deepwater Horizon,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Accidents,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,World Maritime News on August 15, 2011

NEW ORLEANS, La. – The trial date for plaintiffs of the Deepwater Horizon explosion that occurred on April 20, 2010, has been set for Feb 27, 2012. So far there are 108,000 plaintiffs in the litigation.

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U.S. Judge Carl J. Barbier said the trial plan “is essentially going to be the proposed trial plan that Anadarko submitted a while back,” which breaks the trial into three phases.

The “incident phase” of the trial will begin Feb. 27, and will deal with the conduct of various parties relating to control of the Macondo well, and the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform.

Followed by a break, phase two will deal with issues of source control and quantification of discharge.

Phase three will address all other issues, including containment, skimming, dispersants and boom.

Source: Courtroom News

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