First the Spill, Then the Lawsuits

[Jeffersons Ghost]

First the Spill, Then the Lawsuits
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
Published: June 10, 2010

“Oil spill damages? You May Be Entitled to Compensation,” reads a billboard in LaFourche Parish, Louisiana.

It is just one of the tactics lawyers are using to sign up clients to sue BP, along with running advertisements on Gulf Coast television stations, buying Internet addresses like GulfOilSpillLawFirm.com, and holding informational seminars — with free food and drinks — for those who feel the oil company owes them something.

Lawyers across the nation have filed nearly 200 lawsuits so far related to the April 20 oil disaster, including death and injury claims for those aboard the rig, claims of damage and economic loss for people whose livelihoods are threatened by the slick, and shareholder suits over BP’s plunging stock. Cases have even been filed on behalf of the oil-coated fish and birds. Lawyers also plan to file a civil racketeering action alleging a corporate conspiracy with the Bush administration.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/us/11liability.html?hp

[unhappycamper]

1. "Lawyers also plan to file a civil racketeering action alleging a corporate conspiracy

with the Bush administration."


:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

3. that's the best news I've read all week and I read LOTS of news

[babylonsister]

2. And bp deserves every last lawsuit, which is why they're

so defensive. They know it.