Recent Posts in Oil Spills Category
Posted on May 19, 2010 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
Oil giant BP is already shifting emphasis on staving off disaster by reportedly pushing commercial fishermen to sign settlement agreements capping any claims against the oil giant at $5,000. Last ...
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Posted on May 18, 2010 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
As the BP oil spill moves onto the shore of the Gulf Coast, it's clear that there is one victim bigger than all the rest: new drilling operators. With the Gulf oil slick a few miles away from the ...
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Posted on May 17, 2010 By Houston Injury Attorney
Top Attorneys from Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana and Texas reportedly sent a letter Thursday to the president and Attorney General Eric Holder, asking that a combined state-federal group ...
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Posted on May 16, 2010 By Houston Injury Lawyer
BP has publicly pledged to pay for the cleanup of the oil spill that's still pumping some 200,000 gallons a day into the Gulf of Mexico, just south of the Louisiana coastline. But some experts say ...
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Posted on May 15, 2010 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
Low-interest economic injury loans have reportedly been made available to small firms via the Small Business Administration for Louisiana coast residents that have been hurt by the Gulf Coast BP oil ...
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Posted on May 14, 2010 By Houston Injury Lawyer
Volunteers and rescue crews are finding that remedies for oil spill cleanup are limited, but one simple household product seems to be helping. The household dishwasing liquid, Dawn, commonly found at ...
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Posted on May 13, 2010 By Houston Injury Lawyer
Although National Weather Service reports predicted strong winds, high tides and high waves through Sunday that might delay the arrival of the bulk of oil slick on the Gulf Coast, some say the weather ...
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Posted on May 12, 2010 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
The first known patch of oil washed up on Freemason Island, in the Chandeleur Islands chain off Louisiana's St. Bernard Parish, Coast Guard officials reportedly said. Although small traces of oil were ...
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Posted on May 11, 2010 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
Louisiana and Alabama shrimpers have filed several class-action lawsuits against BP as owners of the drilling platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, reports say. The lawsuits, according to ...
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Posted on May 10, 2010 By Houston Injury Attorney
With reports of globs of what appears to be roofing tar washing up on the Chandeleur Islands off Louisiana, fresh questions about the actual cost - of both money and of natural destruction - of the ...
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Posted on May 9, 2010 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
Deepwater Horizon, the owners of an oil exploration rig that sunk into the Gulf of Mexico last Thursday after a exploding into flames 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana, has rescue crews covering ...
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Posted on May 8, 2010 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
Predictions about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill have become broader. It's just a matter of time before the spill begins to affect those not living near the Gulf Coast. The seafood industry, already ...
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Posted on May 7, 2010 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
With the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, fishermen, fish farmers, charter boat operators and other fish and game workers are in obvious jeopardy. But seasonal economies are also in trouble, ...
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Posted on May 6, 2010 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
With the massive oil slick spreading up the Gulf Coast shoreline, some 5,000 barrels are set to impact the coast. Louisiana's commercial fishing industry, which sells $1.8 billion of product each ...
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Posted on May 5, 2010 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
Louisiana opened a special shrimp season last week in order to allow shrimpers to try to harvest what's salvageable before the BP oil spill washes ashore. Analysts say, however, that shrimp supplies ...
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