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On September 4, 2014, District Court Judge Carl Barbier issued his "Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law - Phase One Trial" in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill litigation. In his 153 page opinion, Judge Barbier found BP liable for gross negligence and willful misconduct under the Clean Water Act, which is also known as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Judge Barbier focused largely on the many dangerous decisions that were taken on the Deepwater Horizon shortly before the explosion. BP subsequently filed a motion in which it asked Judge Barbier to reconsider his opinion. On ...
Posted in: Water Regulations
Tags: BP, carl barbier, clean water act, Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Judge Carl Barbier, “Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law — Phase One Trial”
On March 15, 2013, BP asked United States District Court Judge Carl Barbier, Jr. to block the Deepwater Horizon claims administrator from awarding "business economic losses" that BP contends are "fictitious" claims for damages. BP maintains that the claims administrator, Louisiana lawyer Patrick Juneau, was misinterpreting the wording of the settlement agreement regarding larger claimants and was allowing payments "for non-existent, artificially calculated losses." BP takes issue with the timing used by companies to determine when losses occurred. In addition to ...
Posted in: Environmental Law Cases, Waste Disposal