NEW YORK - Plaintiff firm Weitz & Luxenberg P.C . announced Aug. 3 the filing of a third lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on behalf of thousands of fishermen and others whose jobs are affected by the BP oil... Read More
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - Charging BP and other defendants with harming his health and causing serious personal injuries, a Mobile, Ala., resident and recreational fisherman has filed suit against 16 companies involved in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (... Read More
BENSALEM, Pa. — A class action lawsuit on behalf of the purchasers of the common stock of Transocean Ltd. between Aug. 5, 2009, and May 7, 2010, was filed May 13 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ( Yuen, et al. v.... Read More
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. on May 4 filed a second class action lawsuit (No. 2:10-cv-01344) with ties to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern... Read More
NEW YORK - Citing the company's history of safety lapses, cost cutting and workplace disasters, shareholders who purchased stock in BP on June 10 filed a class action lawsuit based on claims that the company mislead investors before the Deepwater... Read More
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A team of nationally known attorneys led by Tallahassee lawyer and Northeastern University Professor P. Tim Howard on May 6 filed an amended complaint in one of the first Florida class action lawsuits over the sinking of the... Read More
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Beasley Allen on May 13 filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama on behalf of Deupree Outdoor Guide Services Inc., individually and on behalf of commercial charter fishing guide businesses... Read More
Complaint Alleges Gross Negligence, Fraud, Fraudulent Inducement and Unjust Enrichment FORT MYERS, Fla. - A second lawsuit against Kenneth R. Feinberg, Feinberg Rozen LLP and Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) was removed from state court to the U.S... Read More
LAFAYETTE, La. — (Mealey’s) A putative class of investors sued BP, plc. in a Louisiana federal court on May 21, alleging that the company caused its stock price to become artificially inflated by issuing false or misleading statements about... Read More
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The owner of a Gulf Coast vacation home has filed a class action lawsuit against BP, alleging economic losses caused by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and resulting oil spill ( Carden Simcox, et al. v. BP PLC, et... Read More
NEW ORLEANS - A group of fishermen, property owners, business owners, and wage earners from five states on Aug. 20 filed a nationwide class action for punitive damages in the BP oil spill ( Corliss Gallo, et al. v. BP , No. 2:10-cv-02795, E.D. La.). ... Read More
HOUSTON — The Transocean oil-rig explosion on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, led to a huge fire and the eventual sinking of the Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible offshore drilling rig . Coast Guard officials suspended the three-day search for the 11 missing... Read More
HOUSTON - Attorneys with The Lanier Law Firm have announced a class action lawsuit filed April 30 on behalf of Louisiana residents affected by the oil spill caused by the Deepwater Horizon explosion. On April 20, an explosion and fire occurred on the... Read More
GULFPORT, Miss. — The owner of a fishing boat and a charter boat captain that operate in the Gulf of Mexico on May 12 filed a lawsuit against BP America for damages sustained after the BP oil spill in the Gulf, according to Hagens Berman , the Seattle... Read More
HOUSTON - (Mealey's) Transocean Ltd.'s excess insurers filed a complaint for declaratory judgment May 21 in a Texas federal court, seeking a ruling that no additional insured coverage is owed to BP plc. with respect to pollution claims arising... Read More