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To: tejek who wrote (73266)	4/30/2010 7:49:51 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 149317

Robert Kennedy Files Lawsuit Against BP Oil politicolnews.com April 30, 2010 -- Attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr along with other lawyers filed a 17 page lawsuit against BP Oil for leaking oil into the Gulf of Mexico damaging shoreline along the four states and for damaging the fishing industry. The leak had been misreported in the media days ago when it was thought that only 5,000 gallons were spilled per day which was again incorrectly report as it turns out the oil is more than 200,000 gallons per day and it is being blown t the south coast shore of the USA. The suit represents the fishing industry and the first suit was filed by 2 commercial shrimpers from Louisiana which research and experts have said the wetlands will never be rid of the oil -ever. This means the wetlands will be poisoned with oil that cannot be removed at any cost but the clean up alone after the oil is stopped will be into the billions and billions of dollars. The best practices of a corporation also would have BP Oil claim that the US government did not require oil rigs to have a safety shut off valve although other European countries do make that required by their laws. The US under the Bush administration did a favor for his oil friends and dropped the requirements. However, this does not mean that BP oil could not be intelligent enough to not lose its own oil -and put a shut off valve on the rig or the oil rig owner Deepwater Horizon Company. It would not have taken billions of dollars to install a blow out preventer on the rig which is installed to prevent an explosion and this would have saved the oil from spilling into the ocean. As there are thousands of rigs in the Gulf of Mexico now, this should be quickly installed into law by the Obama administration but they haven’t thought of that yet. The obligation of an oil company is to extract oil in the most ecological manner and there are eco laws that BP would have known about since they have a barrage of lawyers on staff. If for any reason BP should have had a shut off valve if only to stop any loss of oil for its bottom line profits, losing oil into the ocean is not profitable. The device is used on oil rigs internationally and BP Oil is an international company and you would think that they would have a safety valve on each and every rig they own, leased or rented or used in any location.

To: tejek who wrote (73266)	4/30/2010 8:00:04 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Class Action Lawsuit Filed in Louisiana on Behalf of Residents, Those Who Depend on Gulf for Livelihood cbsnews.com April 30, 2010 -- (CBS/AP) -- The owner and operator of the Gulf of Mexico oil rig at the center of a massive oil spill that threatens to become the worst U.S. environmental disaster in decades are being accused of negligence in a class action lawsuit. The suit, filed by Acy J. Cooper Jr., and Ronnie Louis Anderson - two commercial shrimpers - on behalf of Louisiana residents affected by the spill, seeks at least $5 million from British Petroleum PLC, which operated the rig, and Transocean Ltd., the rig's owner. According to the suit, the defendants failed to properly operate the rig, the Deepwater Horizon, failed to hire or train qualified personnel and didn't respond to the accident effectively enough. In an interview with Reuters, BP CEO Tony Hayward said the company would compensate those affected by the spill. "We are taking full responsibility for the spill and we will clean it up and where people can present legitimate claims for damages we will honor them. We are going to be very, very aggressive in all of that." Louisiana fishing industry may sustain $2.5 billion in losses and Florida may lose $3 billion in lost tourism, Neil McMahon, an analyst at investment firm Bernstein said Friday, according to Reuters. About 210,000 gallons of oil are spewing out daily from an underwater well drilled by the rig, which exploded in flames April 20 and sank two days later. The leak from the ocean floor proved to be far bigger than initially reported and may eclipse the Exxon Valdez disaster, which poured 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound in 1989. The Coast Guard has been working with BP to deploy floating booms, skimmers and chemical dispersants, and set controlled fires to burn the oil off the water's surface. Halliburton Energy Services Inc., and Cameron International Corp. are also named as co-defendants in the complaint. The suit claims Halliburton improperly cemented the well and well cap, which contributed to the explosion and subsequent spill. Cameron allegedly supplied the blow-out preventers which should have kicked into operation and prevented the oil spill. A Cameron spokesman declined to comment on the suit, citing company policy. Attempts to reach the other co-defendants have been unsuccessful. Kennedy & Madonna LLP, the law firm of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is one of the firms involved in bringing the suit. Read the full complaint here: cbsnews.com