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Related: About this forumLouisiana governor signs law to block suits against oil industry
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-louisiana-lawsuit-jindal-20140606-story.htmlThe sun sets over flooded coastal wetlands in Venice, La.
Louisiana governor signs law to block suits against oil industry
By Neela Banerjee
June 6, 2014
Louisana Gov. Bobby Jindal signed a bill Friday to quash a landmark lawsuit brought by a local flood protection agency that sought damages from the oil and gas industry to restore the states vanishing coastline.
Jindal signed the legislation -- which prevents government bodies in Louisiana from pursuing such litigation -- despite warnings from the state attorney general and nearly 100 legal experts. Critics of the law say it is so broad it could potentially imperil hundreds of other lawsuits against oil and gas companies, including litigation against BP for its role in the 2010 Gulf oil spill.
I am proud to sign it into law, Jindal said in a statement, calling the litigation frivolous." The Republican said the law "further improves Louisianas legal environment by reducing unnecessary claims that burden businesses so that we can bring even more jobs to our state.
The bill was one of at least seven championed this year by the Jindal administration's legislative allies to kill coastal-damage lawsuits brought by state agencies against the oil and gas industry, a pillar of Lo
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Louisiana governor signs law to block suits against oil industry (Original Post)
unhappycamper
Jun 2014
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newfie11
(8,159 posts)1. Fox in charge of hen house
I hope he got paid lots for selling his soul.
safeinOhio
(32,677 posts)2. wouldn't this violate the 7th Amendment?
"In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law."
Scuba
(53,475 posts)3. So much for the "invisible-hand-of-the-free-market-the-courts-will-work-it-out" bullshit.