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Umphrey adds plaintiffs in BP oil spill suit
Umphrey NEW ORLEANS – Beaumont, Texas lawyer Walter Umphrey has added Luck In A Bucket Bait Shop of Port Arthur and Paul's Seafood of Vidor to a federal suit over the Gulf oil spill. -
Barbier appoints plaintiff steering committee for BP MDL cases
Barbier U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier has appointed 17 attorneys to serve in leadership roles in the federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) against BP and other companies associated with the Deepwater Horizon explosion and ensuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. -
Alabama governor says fees for AG King's attorneys in BP suit not ideal
King MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The war of words between Alabama Gov. Bob Riley and state Attorney General Troy King continues, with Riley now responding to King's comments made last week regarding BP's rejection of the state's claim for tax losses resulting from the Gulf oil spill. -
Barbier approves pleading BP claims into 'bundles'
Barbier In an unprecedented move designed to help expedite the lawsuits involving the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill, U.S. Disrict Judge Carl Barbier has approved a plan proposed by both defense and plaintiff lawyers to group claims into "pleading bundles." -
Tentative agreement reached in translating BP proceedings for foreign workers
Plaintiff and defense counsel in BP oil spill litigation have tentatively agreed to consider ways in which case proceedings can be translated into Vietnamese, Cambodian and Spanish to help foreign fishermen and other workers affected by the spill to follow the case. -
Barbier opens door for plaintiffs to subpoena government and defense
Barbier U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier granted a plaintiff motion for leave to amend a pre-trial order on the issue of subpoenaing government entities for environmental specimens. -
BP shareholder suits standing still in Texas
Branham HOUSTON – While litigation over the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion runs at full speed in Louisiana, shareholder suits against BP stand still in Texas. -
Coon seeks spot on BP litigation steering committee
Coon Brent Coon of Beaumont, Texas seeks a position with a group that will run the plaintiff side of national oil spill litigation. -
Seaman sues after slipping in '09 oil spill aboard vessel
Goforth A worker cleaning up a BP oil spill aboard a vessel in 2009 has filed a lawsuit against the company in federal court in New Orleans. -
Judge denies injunction in suit over Gulf oil-skimming technology
U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon on Wednesday denied an injunction sought by plaintiffs suing a rival company for allegedly stealing Gulf oil-spill cleanup technology. -
Barbier says no to delaying recovery of blowout prevention device
Beck Preventing further oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon rig takes priority over preserving evidence, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled on Aug. 29. -
Deepwater Horizon contractor drops bid to replace Barbier as MDL judge
Barbier Cameron International dropped its bid to replace U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier as pretrial judge over oil spill litigation from five states. -
Barbier to hold hearing on his investments in Halliburton, Transocean
Barbier NEW ORLEANS – U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier, responsible for 77 suits from five states over the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, plans a Sept. 16 hearing on his own investments in defendants Halliburton and Transocean. -
Caldwell retains Baron & Budd attorney for state's suits against BP
Leblanc Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell announced Friday that it would retain the services of Baton Rouge attorney Burt LeBlanc to "provide a comprehensive evaluation of all environmental and economic damage" as a result of the BP oil spill. -
Lanier says plaintiff's bar faces royal battle over oil spill suits, fears BP bankruptcy
Lanier HOUSTON-For at least one trial lawyer, the biggest possible disaster arising from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill isn't environmental, but rather BP declaring bankruptcy in the face of an endless stream of lawsuits. -
BP judge to speak at trial lawyer conference
Barbier Judge Carl Barbier of the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana is scheduled to speak at a conference sponsored by the Louisiana Association for Justice (LAJ), formerly the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (LTLA), on Friday at the Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans. -
MDL judges pick New Orleans as venue for BP suits
Barbier After a tug-of-war between plaintiff and defense attorneys, a panel of judges has decided the hundreds of lawsuits against BP over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will be consolidated and heard in federal court in New Orleans. -
Fishermen-turned-skimmers deal with complexities of oil spill cleanup and claims forms
A sign at the Bridgeside Marina on Grand Isle advertises the catch of the day. With news that BP was sealing its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, conflicting reports have come out of Grand Isle about the oil company's efforts to scale down cleanup. -
Terrebonne Hospital sues insurance company for payment
Watkins Claiming they "got the run around" by insurance companies, Terrebonne General Medical Center has filed a lawsuit to obtain a past due balance of more than $62,000 for an insured patient. -
Oil spill worker files lawsuit against BP after falling from hotel balcony
NEW ORLEANS-A crewmember assigned to a vessel helping with the oil spill clean-up has filed a lawsuit against BP after allegedly falling from a second-floor hotel balcony.