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Robert Wiygul on the Proposed Settlement
The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill was unprecedented in almost every way – location, geographical scale, technical challenges and not least the number of lives affected. As a result, the BP spill was also unprecedented in terms of the challenges it posed for lawyers going to court for the people injured by the spill. BP, [...]
BP spill settlement promises fast payouts
BP spill settlement promises fast payouts Published: Sunday, March 04, 2012, 3:11 PM Updated: Monday, March 05, 2012, 6:19 AM By Rebecca Mowbray, The Times-Picayune After reaching a deal Friday night to settle health and economic damage claims by individuals and businesses who were harmed by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP and [...]
Gulf oil spill settlement reached; BP expected to pay out $7.8 billion
Friday, March 02, 2012, 11:00 PM Updated: Saturday, March 03, 2012, 12:12 AM By David Hammer, The Times-Picayune BP and the private plaintiffs in the massive Gulf oil spill litigation have reached a settlement that BP estimates will cost $7.8 billion. But that is an uncapped amount, an the court still must supervise the payment [...]
Commercial Fisheries In Decline Near Oiled Seafloor
An analysis provided on this page by Joel Waltzer of Waltzer & Wiygul of recent fisheries data obtained from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and FIsheries shows that MC252 oil spilled as a result of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion has caused long term damage to deepwater and shallow fisheries in Louisiana. The most [...]
Trial looms for liability case in Gulf oil spill
By Rick Jervis, USA TODAY NEW ORLEANS – Each day, a team of 70 lawyers gathers in a New Orleans office suite to pore over a mountain of documents, study depositions and formulate argument. The attorneys, representing condominium owners, oyster fishermen, hoteliers, beach towns and others who claim to have been hurt by last year’s [...]
Breaking News–Bird’s Eye View: GRN Spots Oil Near BP’s Macondo Well
Blog – BPs Oil Drilling Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico Friday, 19 August 2011 19:11 This morning I set out on a long flight to investigate reports of oil sightings near BP’s Macondo well, the site where the Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank into the Gulf killing 11 workers and spewing at least 4.9 [...]
