On April 20, 2010, a BP oil rig known as the Deepwater Horizon, experienced catastrophic failure,
including an explosion on the platform, and sank to the bottom of the Gulf --
killing 11 men and injuring 17 others. In the days and weeks that
followed, the resulting leak from the broken underwater pipe turned into one of the worst environmental
disasters in history.
Hundreds of thousands of individuals and businesses along the Gulf Coast are still trying to
convince BP agents, including the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, run by high-powered lawyer Ken Feinberg,
to compensate them for losses caused by the oil spill. Investigation by government officials continues
to reveal the nature of the negligence by BP, Transocean, Halliburton, Cameron International, and others
that led to the explosion, the failure of safety systems, and the inability to stop the leak before
life along the Gulf Coast was so seriously altered.
The stories below tell small parts of the developing story of the BP oil spill and the ongoing
efforts to get BP, Feinberg, and the GCCF to do what the law requires. Claims are being submitted
and reviewed, though far too slowly. Lawsuits are being filed. Litigation is underway, consolidated
before a federal judge in New Orleans.
In the ongoing legal battle between Gulf oil spill companies, BP is accusing Halliburton of purposefully destroying crucial evidence that would reveal problems with the cement slurry Halliburton put into the Deepwater Horizon well. BP asked U.S. District Judge Carl ... Continued...
A new 288-page report by the U.S. Coast Guard focuses mainly on negligence by Transocean that caused the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. The report also describes failures by, among others, the Coast ... Continued...
A BP employee lost a laptop containing oil spill claims data for 13,000 Louisiana residents, including names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, and social security numbers. The BP laptop was not encrypted, even though industry standards say companies must do this to protect ... Continued...
BP is so impressed with Ken Feinberg’s ability to save BP money that the company gave him a raise of an additional $4.8 million for 2011. Although BP granted the raise on Jan. 15, 2011, Feinberg did not tell the ... Continued...
Anyone who suffered injury or financial loss from the BP oil spill must file a short form with the federal court in New Orleans if they want to preserve the right to sue one of the major defendants in the case, ... Continued...
News reports say BP is delaying claim payments to avoid reports of “denials” of payments. Apparently, BP officials are attempting to put off any denials of claims until the process is turned over to Kenneth Feinberg, the federally appointed administrator ... Continued...
BP announced that the company is setting aside $20 billion to honor claims of damages and losses caused by the BP oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico after intense pressure from President Obama in a four hour meeting ... Continued...
As the oil slick from the BP oil drilling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico nears the Florida coast and Pensacola beaches, lawyers say the legal issues are numerous and complex. Experts currently estimate the oil slick damage will reach ... Continued...
BP Oil Spill: Public Science Forum [Pensacola Beach, FL - 5/8/10] from Warren Price on Vimeo. In the wake of the BP oil rig explosion, the Gulf Coast community faces many unanswered questions about the probable forecast of the oil ... Continued...
USA Today reports on BP oil spill threat to numerous businesses, of all types, along the Gulf Coast, discussing “tens of thousands of Gulf Coast business owners and workers whose livelihoods have been or could be hurt by the oil ... Continued...
