BP’s oil spill could make for one of the highest-stakes U.S. Gulf hurricane seasons on record. Storms may scuttle clean-up efforts, force containment vessels to retreat, or propel spilled crude and tar balls over vast expanses of sea and beach, …
A U.S. judge has taken the unusual step of sanctioning a unit of Transocean Ltd, owner of the rig in the Gulf of Mexico spill, for “vexatious” tactics in fighting liability from a decades-old oil well spill in Louisiana. Attorneys …
After the devastating back-to-back blows of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Louisiana’s leaders created a far-reaching state bureaucracy to manage and devise multibillion dollar recovery plans for wrecked southern parishes. More than four years later, part of that bureaucracy, the Louisiana …
No Bogus Charges Allowed “Some repair shops have abused consumers by refusing to return a vehicle until the consumer pays bogus charges.” —Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller. A new law took effect May 1 in Iowa aimed at protecting consumers …
All around the Gulf Coast, fishermen, motel owners, restaurateurs and other small businesses justifiably are concerned about what the future may hold as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the coast of Louisiana. Lawsuits are beginning to …
Suspicious insurance claims from staged accidents are on the rise- and nowhere more than in New York and Florida, two states with no-fault statutes. Georgia and North Carolina are also among the top states. Overall, the number of questionable claims …
Three workers forced to escape on lifeboats after an explosion aboard an offshore drilling platform claimed in a lawsuit they were kept floating at sea for more than 10 hours while the rig burned uncontrollably. “After these guys were pulled …
$350 Million As of May 10, London-based energy giant British Petroluem Plc (BP) said the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had cost it $350 million, suggesting the final bill could be much higher than many analysts predicted, and …
All around the Gulf Coast, fishermen, motel owners, restaurateurs and other small businesses justifiably are concerned about what the future may hold as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the coast of Louisiana. Lawsuits are beginning to …
A Way to Overcome? “What we’re currently doing, and I suspect it will probably take the next 48 hours or so, is saying, ‘Is there a way to overcome this problem?”‘ —Doug Suttles, chief operating officer BP Plc, commenting after …
