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MembersScottsdale, Arizona (PRWEB) May 24, 2013
British oil company British Petrolium (BP) has been facing ongoing problems since its 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The disaster spilled millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf and became known as the largest marine oil spill in the petroleum industry’s history.
Also known as the deepwater Macondo disaster, the oil company’s well erupted on April 20, 2010, killing 11 people.
* Claims, payout rate may point to charge against profit
* Accountancy professors represented by top lawyer
* Appeal hearing set for July 8
By Andrew Callus
LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - A group of U.S. accountancy professors is backing BP (LSE: BP.L - news ) 's fight to rein in compensation it has to pay for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which is threatening to add billions of dollars to its growing bill for the disaster.
The news comes after the payouts administrator, Patrick Juneau, predicted that over 200,000 claims may be made in total by businesses and individuals under a settlement BP agreed last year - a level that could result in a charge against the oil company's profits as early as next year.
BP has said some of the claims Juneau, a Louisiana lawyer, is approving are "fictitious" and "absurd".
The 12 academics are represented by Paul Clement, one of the best-known lawyers in
...JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A woman has reached a lawsuit settlement with a south Mississippi city where she says police arrested her for protesting the BP oil spill then arrested her again in retaliation for suing.
Terms of Tuesday's settlement were not disclosed in court records. Attorneys didn't respond to messages Wednesday.
Sandra Howard sued Long Beach in U.S. District Court in Gulfport on Nov. 18, 2011.
She says her constitutional rights were violated when she was arrested June 12, 2010, while protesting on a public sidewalk near a service station selling BP gasoline.
The lawsuit says she spent one night in jail and the case was eventually remanded to file.
The ACLU of Mississippi filed an amended complaint for Howard. It said Howard was arrested again as retaliation for the original lawsuit.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not
...JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A woman has reached a lawsuit settlement with a south Mississippi city where she says police arrested her for protesting the BP oil spill then arrested her again in retaliation for suing.
Terms of Tuesday's settlement were not disclosed in court records. Attorneys didn't respond to messages Wednesday.
Sandra Howard sued Long Beach in U.S. District Court in Gulfport on Nov. 18, 2011.
She says her constitutional rights were violated when she was arrested June 12, 2010, while protesting on a public sidewalk near a service station selling BP gasoline.
The lawsuit says she spent one night in jail and the case was eventually remanded to file.
The ACLU of Mississippi filed an amended complaint for Howard. It said Howard was arrested again as retaliation for the original lawsuit.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not
...* Claims, payout rate may point to charge against profit
* Accountancy professors represented by top lawyer
* Appeal hearing set for July 8
By Andrew Callus
LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - A group of U.S.
VALDEZ, Alaska, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The words of an Alaskan tribal elder, "We watched our family and friends die," represent the tearful feelings of many about the use of chemical dispersants in their waters. Used by workers during the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup and more recently on the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Corexit dispersants brought severe illness and early death to many tribal member's relatives working to save their life-supporting ecosystems according to documentation in a formal submission compiled by the Alaskan Change Oil Spill Response Alliance Delegation presenting at the Alaska Regional Response Team (ARRT) semi-annual meeting today.
VALDEZ, Alaska, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The words of an Alaskan tribal elder, "We watched our family and friends die," represent the tearful feelings of many about the use of chemical dispersants in their waters. Used by workers during the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup and more recently on the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Corexit dispersants brought severe illness and early death to many tribal member's relatives working to save their life-supporting ecosystems according to documentation in a formal submission compiled by the Alaskan Change Oil Spill Response Alliance Delegation presenting at the Alaska Regional Response Team (ARRT) semi-annual meeting today.
VALDEZ, Alaska, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The words of an Alaskan tribal elder, "We watched our family and friends die," represent the tearful feelings of many about the use of chemical dispersants in their waters. Used by workers during the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup and more recently on the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Corexit dispersants brought severe illness and early death to many tribal member's relatives working to save their life-supporting ecosystems according to documentation in a formal submission compiled by the Alaskan Change Oil Spill Response Alliance Delegation presenting at the Alaska Regional Response Team (ARRT) semi-annual meeting today.
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