June 1, 2010 – As oil spreads across the Southern Gulf, so too do the ripple effects of the disaster spread. Early last month, a class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Birmingham on behalf of property owners whose properties in Gulf Shores lie directly in the path of the [...]
May 27, 2010 – According to testimony in a Louisiana hearing, BP & Transocean managers disagreed on how to proceed with work just hours before the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded. The disagreement, which occurred a mere eight hours prior to the event, ended with BP prevailing and Transocean officials reluctantly agreeing to proceed with [...]
May 26, 2010 – According to a new congressional memo, Deepwater Horizon oil rig operators made a “fundamental mistake” by ignoring a “very large abnormality” in a pressure test.
The memo stated operators erred by releasing pressure in a “kill line” while pressure in a drill pipe remained at 1,400 pounds per square inch. Operators [...]
May 25, 2010 – As the Gulf Coast oil spill catastrophe grows worse by the day, so too does frustration among the public and government officials. Yet the government’s lead crisis manager said there was little federal authorities could do but continue to let BP try to stop the gusher.
“To push BP out of [...]
May 24, 2010 – In yet another change of plans by BP to stop the flow of oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico, the company said today that it was further delaying its next attempt to shut off the leak.
BP had originally planned to employ its “top kill” procedure on Tuesday, but has now [...]
May 21, 2010 – This week, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano slammed BP’s lack of communication in the Gulf Coast oil spill disaster, and ordered the company
to create a website containing accurate sampling data of the spill within 24 hours.
In a letter to BP CEO Tony Hayward, Napolitano condemned BP’s lack of communication with the [...]
Due to the BP oil spill, dock, pier, and boat ramp owners and their employees are looking at potentially huge reductions in business.
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The Schmidt Firm, LLP is currently accepting oil spill claims in all 50 states. If you or somebody you know has been injured by the [...]
Marina owners are losing business, which puts their employees at risk of having their hours reduced or even losing their jobs due to the BP oil leak.
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The Schmidt Firm, LLP is currently accepting oil spill claims in all 50 states. If you or somebody you know has [...]
With some fishing grounds already closed and the potential for long-term contamination in the Gulf of Mexico, the seafood processing industry along the entire Gulf Coast is in danger.
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The Schmidt Firm, LLP is currently accepting oil spill related claims in all 50 states. If you or somebody [...]
Many factories depend on the seafood and tourism industries of the Gulf Coast for business. However, the oil slick that continues to grow is putting the workers of these factories at risk of losing their job or having their hours reduced.
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