BP oil spill
Update on BP oil spill litigation
By tbartlett on March 23, 2011
Following the transfer to MDL No. 2179 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana of the numerous lawsuits filed in the wake of the blow-out and catastrophic contamination from the Macondo well prospect, members of the Jones Swanson law firm have been appointed to key leadership and membership roles in the [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged BP oil spill, commercial litigation, toxic torts
In Re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon”
By tbartlett on October 1, 2010
On April 20, 2010, the well being drilled and completed by the Deepwater Horizon mobile offshore drilling unit suffered a catastrophic and uncontrolled blow-out, resulting in the deaths of eleven rig workers and the discharge of millions of barrels of oil, natural gas, and methane into the ecosystem and fisheries of and bordering the Gulf [...]
Posted in Commercial Litigation, Land Damage and Property Rights | Tagged BP oil spill, commercial litigation, contamination, exposure
