Suspense Grows Over Looming Deepwater Horizon Case
November 29, 2013
TradeWinds
Types : In the News
The upcoming decision in the Deepwater Horizon trial in New Orleans may have a ripple effecct for shipping law if the judge slaps oil major BP with a significant punitive- damages bill.
The parties are awaiting a decision from district judge Carl Barbier in the multibillion-dollar lawsuit over the wellhead blowout that triggered the world’s biggest oil spill, after the trial ended last month.
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