Environmental Pollutants
Gulf Oil Spill Income Loss Areas Florida
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Oil spill hits Florida shores, a threat to businesses and marine life
Has the oil spill in Florida affected your wages, property or business? Consider a BP class action lawsuit
In recent news about the oil spill and its impact on Florida, emergency officials on the western Florida Panhandle began to mobilize as they watched heavier oil wash ashore at the Alabama state line and threatened inland bayous and estuaries in both states.
Reportedly, officials in Escambia County, Florida have noted that the oil from the spill was deepening on the beach outside the landmark FloraBama Lounge, on the Florida side of the line on Perdido Key.
Recently, noted environmental advocate Erin Brockovich traveled to the Gulf with our attorneys, including the States of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi, to meet with the people impacted by the oil spill and to discuss with them how they have been affected and will be impacted in the future.
Florida restaurants along the coast are experiencing considerable loss of business as tourists travel elsewhere on vacation. Waitstaff are being laid off or suffering deep cuts in hours--another ripple effect of the oil spill. The lawyers of our firm are currently speaking with waitresses who can no longer pay their rents; small-business owners who once sold fishing supplies to now unemployed fishermen; owners of rental apartments that remain vacant, and owners of businesses related to tourism--even tour guides who have experienced a severe reduction in ticket sales.
Oil spill class action
lawsuits
The environmental attorneys of Weitz & Luxenberg would
like to help people in Florida recover monetary losses due to the Gulf oil spill.
Many have opted to join our BP class
action lawsuit.
Our complaints, filed by a consortium of lawyers 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 or is threatening to devastate marine and coast environments, and estuarine areas of Florida, Mississippi and Alabama, which are used for fishing and to earn a livelihood. Some of the plaintiffs in our lawsuits 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. Our firm currently represents over 500 fishermen in a class action lawsuit.
Lawsuit options for Florida
residents affected by the oil spill
Fishermen, property and business
owners, and others affected by the oil spill may discuss their situation and get
a free lawsuit review by completing the form below.
see also:
Florida impact
Oil Spill Florida Impact | Weitz & Luxenberg BP Class Action LawsuitOil washes ashore from spill on western Florida Panhandle. Discuss joining our class action if you are affected by the oil slick. Get a free case review
Panama City
Panama City Oil Spill Crisis For Fishermen | Weitz & Luxenberg LawyersFishermen in Panama City unable to find work due to Gulf oil spill. Our attorneys would like to help them and other people affected by the oil slick
