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BP oil spill cleanup workers are upset over an interpretation that blocks them from medical settlement payments. A judge is now reconsidering his original ruling

David Hammer, WWL-TV, New Orleans District Judge Carl Barbier, who initially backed BP’s reading of the settlement, but now is reconsidering and realizing that the current interpretation might relegate most of the class members to just what the settlement was supposed to avoid — years of costly litigation. NEW ORLEANS — Mark Mead and two Read More »

BP lawyers use old-school trick; Judge not amused

U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier ruled nearly two weeks ago that BP acted recklessly in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig accident and oil spill. Back in school, did you ever fudge the spacing on a report to meet the teacher’s page-length requirement? Lawyers representing oil company BP tried something similar in a recent court Read More »

Common Health Issues of BP Oil Spill Cleanup Workers

Many years after the BP Gulf oil spill (also known as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill), the full magnitude of the environmental, economic and human health effects of this major disaster remain unknown. What we do know is the BP oil spill clean up workers and the shoreline residents of the Gulf coast are sick Read More »