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BP Unclear About Trying to Limit Its Liability For Gulf Oil Spill
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Lawsuits on October 18, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, LA – On Friday, October 15, 2010 at a status conference for the BP oil spill, an attorney for BP was unable to make a definitive stance on whether the company would try to limit its liability payout to the $75 million cap provided by the Oil Pollution Act (OPA). The conference was… read more
Feinberg Says Geographic Proximity No Longer an Issue in Gulf Oil Spill Claims
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Lawsuits,Texas Maritime News,World Maritime News on October 6, 2010
OCEAN SPRINGS, MS. — Attorney Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the BP $20 billion escrow fund, says geographic proximity to areas impacted by the Gulf oil spill that resulted from the Deepwater Horizon disaster no longer play a role in whether people and businesses are compensated. The April 20th Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion killed 11… read more
Obama Wants To Use BP Oil Spill Fines To Restore Gulf Coast
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Lawsuits,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News,World Maritime News on September 29, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, La. — The Obama administration and BP are in talks to reach an agreement about a possible settlement over fines for the devastating Gulf oil spill that was caused by the Deepwater Horizon disaster on April 20, 2010. According to an article at The Huffington Post, Louisiana Republican Rep. Steve Scalise told The… read more
Alabama to Receive Billions from BP Due to Oil Spill
Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Lawsuits,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News,World Maritime News on September 27, 2010
BIRMINGHAM, AL – In an article from Reuters, Governor Bob Riley said on Monday that Alabama expects to receive billions of dollars in penalties from BP as a result of the Gulf Oil Spill. BP and the White House will probably soon reach an agreement on how much money will be available to four Gulf… read more
Transocean – Deepwater Horizon to Economic Horizon
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Lawsuits,Texas Maritime News,Transocean on September 22, 2010
In 2010, the Human and Organizational Factors Team for the Offshore Division of the Health and Safety Executive issued a report [HSE Report] that places Transocean in a light that demonstrates that it tries to place the blame on lower employees rather than look at corporate management decisions as it pertains to safety. The report… read more
Louisiana Files Lawsuit Against Transocean For Gulf Oil Spill
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Lawsuits,Transocean,World Maritime News on September 21, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, LA – The state of Louisiana has filed suit against Triton Asset Leasing GmbH and Transocean Ltd. for damages resulting from the Gulf oil spill. In the lawsuit, “State of Louisiana v. Triton Asset Leasing, GMBH et al.”, the defendants listed are Transocean Deepwater, Inc., Transocean Holdings, L.L.C., Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc…. read more
U.S Justice Department Expected to Sue BP Over Gulf Oil Spill
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Lawsuits,World Maritime News on September 15, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, La. – The U.S Justice Department filed papers with the U.S. District Court in New Orleans Monday, September 13, indicating that they expect to sue BP for damages as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010. CNN reported that in the filing, federal… read more
Maritime Lawyer Sues APL Maritime & Tern Shipholding on Behalf of Houston Seaman
Posted in Jones Act,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Texas Maritime News on September 1, 2010
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS – Gordon & Elias, LLP, Houston maritime lawyers, represent a 24 year old woman from Houston, Texas, who was working as a seaman onboard the M/V The American Tern at the time of the incident. The Plaintiff was mopping in a passage way in keeping with her responsibilities as a steward assistant… read more
BP $20B Fund Denies Deepwater Horizon Dead and Injured Compensation
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Texas Maritime News,Transocean,World Maritime News on August 20, 2010
HOUSTON, TX — Dead and injured victims of the Deepwater Horizon disaster that occurred April 20, 2010, have been denied the right to collect monies from the BP $20 billion dollar compensation fund. While the fund protocol says that all workers injured or killed as a result of the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon or… read more
Maritime Lawyer Sues Global Industries, Ltd. on Behalf of Rigger Foreman
Posted in Gulf Coast,Jones Act,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Texas Maritime News on July 31, 2010
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS – Gordon & Elias, LLP, maritime lawyers, represent a 41 year old rigger foreman from Lake Charles, Louisiana, who was onboard a derrick barge in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana at the time of the incident. The barge in question had several holes in its deck, and while… read more