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BP lawsuits filed in class action after Gulf oil spill disaster

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In recent news about the oil rig spill in the Gulf of Mexico, around 200 lawyers have filed British Petroleum (BP) lawsuits over the oil spill, which is one of the most damaging in US history.

Lawyers filing the BP lawsuits are handling thousands of claims by commercial fishermen, shrimpers, property owners, seafood processors and tourism-related businesses. All of these claims may ultimately be combined into a single case before one judge in New Orleans.

The BP lawsuits represent hundreds of individuals and businesses claiming damages from the oil slick created by the April 20 explosion of the BP- leased Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which burned and sank off the Louisiana coast.

The explosion and fire killed 11 workers, sank the vessel and caused three leaks in pipes attached to the Macondo well about 1524m below the sea surface.

More than 70 BP lawsuits, almost all class actions, have been filed.

The mammoth nature of the environmental disaster has necessitated the involvement of six government agencies, including the U.S. Coast Guard, Defense Department, Environmental Protection Agency, Interior Department, Homeland Security and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Weitz & Luxenberg, together with a consortium of law firms, have filed lawsuits in response to the BP oil spill 2010.

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The complaints (Case Numbers 3:10-cv-00137-MCR-EMT and 2:10-cv-01229-KDE-SS), which were filed against BP, Halliburton, Cameron and other parties, seek to recover damages suffered by our clients as a result of the oil spill.

The lawsuits allege, in part, that Defendants knew of the dangers associated with deep-water drilling and failed to take appropriate measures to prevent damages to our clients and the environment in which they live and work.

The fast-moving oil slick has already devastated or is threatening to devastate marine and coast environments, and estuarine areas, which are used for fishing and to earn a livelihood. Some of our plaintiffs are owners of wholesale and retail seafood businesses; others are owners of commercial fisheries.

All their livelihoods are now at risk as a result of the spill. The Gulf region accounts for about a fifth of total U.S. commercial seafood production and nearly three quarters of the nation’s shrimp output, while nearly a third of all marine recreational fishing trips take place on Gulf waters, according to the Fisheries Service of the NOAA.

“We hear devastating stories from commercial fishermen whose businesses are being crushed by this disaster, as well as from restaurant proprietors and home owners along the coast,” said Robin Greenwald, head of the Environmental and Toxic Torts unit of Weitz & Luxenberg. “We are still waiting to see how far the contamination will travel and how many families will lose their main source of income from this oil slick. Already, however, we know of many people gravely impacted by this pollution.”

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