Friday, June 11, 2010 - 11:33
The Obama administration released a statement on Thursday that it is considering asking Congressional lawmakers to pass legislation forcing BP to assume full liability for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and thus compel the company to pay damages to a wide variety of businesses and individuals adversely affected by the environmental disaster.
Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 16:41
The recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has started to affect the lives of small business owners along the Gulf Coast recently. The oil has spread and started to harm the native animals and environment, negatively affecting area businesses, and owners and residents are looking for repercussions; however, BP has been slow in responding with payments to many of these victims.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 14:03
The BP oil spill is damaging more than just the ecological aspects Gulf of Mexico, as the economies of the Gulf states are suffering, too. An economist from the University of Central Florida in Orlando predicts that this disaster could cost Florida’s economy $2.2 billion. He also estimates that 39,000 jobs will be lost. The reason for this is that tourism has plummeted since the spill. This further prevents the Florida economy from reaching its full potential in an already difficult economy.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - 14:18
Tar patties and tar balls washed up on the Florida Panhandle shoreline recently, indicating that BP PLC's latest attempt to seal off its ruptured wellhead wasn't as effective as the company had hoped. The British Broadcasting Company reported that Admiral Thad Allen, the U.S. Coast Guard's national incident commander, stated approximately 1,000 barrels of a day were currently being captured, but the total flow of leaking oil was approximately 12,000 to 19,000 barrels each day.
Friday, June 4, 2010 - 15:40
As British Petroleum, the U.S. government and other various entities continue to determine an effective way to stop the steady daily flow of hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, Florida fishermen are continuing to mount lawsuits against BP as well. Claiming the spill is cutting their catches in half and ruining their livelihoods, the fishermen filed their class action suit on the same day the government started shutting down prime fishing locations.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 09:14
The impact of the April 20th Deepwater Horizon explosion continues to reverberate as its resulting oil spill expands across the Southern Gulf. Initial lawsuits were soon filed on behalf of BP and Transocean workers killed or maimed in the explosion. In early May, a proposed class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Birmingham on behalf of property owners, including a Shelby, Alabama man and a Jefferson County company whose properties in Gulf Shores lie directly in the path of the oncoming slick.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 09:00
U.S. District Judge Kristi DuBose of the Federal District of Alabama denied motions brought by defendants BP PLC and Halliburton Energy Services Inc. to stay the time in which to file answers in two cases. Both cases, Bon Secour Fisheries Inc., et al. v. BP and Deupree Outdoor Guide Services Inc. v. BP, involve proposed class actions over economic losses caused by the recent Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 08:41
On top of the 100 lawsuits already filed against British Petroleum, Transocean, Halliburton and Cameron, Inc., the Sierra Club and Gulf Restoration Network have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Interior's Mineral Management Service (MMS). The lawsuit asserts that MMS contributed to the disaster because of lax enforcement of existing regulations.
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 16:19
Terrebonne Parish in Louisiana became the first of what is expected to be many parishes to file a lawsuit against British Petroleum, the oil company responsible for last month’s epic and disastrous leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The people of the parish are collectively seeking monetary damages for the area’s wildlife that died as a result of the spill. Analysts have predicted that the Deepwater Horizon spill will be the largest oceanic catastrophe in U.S. history, and many have already admitted that the situation is far worse than anticipated.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 17:03
Whistleblower Kenneth Abbott recently filed a lawsuit intended to force BP to halt operation of another oil platform located in the Gulf of Mexico. Abbott is a former employee of BP, having formerly worked as a project control supervisor.
