Alabama Sues BP Over Gulf Oil Spill

1 year ago

0 Comments Say Something »

Text Size

Correspondent

The state of Alabama is suing BP and other companies for their roles in the disastrous Gulf oil spill, accusing them of damaging the state's beaches and economy through "negligent or wanton failure to adhere to recognized industry standards."

Two lawsuits were filed late Thursday by Attorney General Troy King, one against BP and the other against Transocean, Halliburton and other companies connected to the spill, The Associated Press reported. They seek economic and punitive damages but no specific amount was named.

The suits are among at least 300 federal complaints filed in 12 states against BP and others related to the April 20 oil rig explosion that killed 11 workers and sent crude gushing into the Gulf for over three months.

BP spokesman Justin Saia told the AP the company had not seen the lawsuit and had no comment.

The lawsuits are not supported by Alabama's governor, Republican Bob Riley, who has said he hopes BP will voluntarily compensate the state. But King accused BP of dragging its feet and said the lawsuits were appropriate now.

"As Alabama's lawyer, I say that, if anything, based on BP's broken promises, their history of saying one thing and doing another, and now, new information that they have been secretly working to gain a legal advance, further delay can only further damage our people," King said.

Filed Under: Oil Spill

Tagged: alabama, BP, bp oil spill, dailyguidance, Gulf of Mexico oil spill, lawsuit

Our New Approach to Comments

In an effort to encourage the same level of civil dialogue among Politics Daily’s readers that we expect of our writers – a “civilogue,” to use the term coined by PD’s Jeffrey Weiss – we are requiring commenters to use their AOL or AIM screen names to submit a comment, and we are reading all comments before publishing them. Personal attacks (on writers, other readers, Nancy Pelosi, George W. Bush, or anyone at all) and comments that are not productive additions to the conversation will not be published, period, to make room for a discussion among those with ideas to kick around. Please read our Help and Feedback section for more info.

Add a Comment

Sign in »

3 Comments

Filter by:

jaimzee

I CANNOT HELP BUT WONDER WHY GOV BOB RILEY IS NOT BEING A LOT MORE AGRESSIVE TOWARDS BP. IM HAPPY TO SEE THE ALABAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL TROY KING LOOKING OUT FOR THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF ALABAMA, WHEN ITS OBVIOUS THAT THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO GO EASY ON BP, HALLIBURTON AND TRANSOCEAN BECAUSE OF REPUBLICAN CONNECTIONS.

August 13 2010 at 8:44 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down Reply

likes2kayak

Go get em Alabama! They deserve to pay for everything, because of their sloppy business pratices, and their failure to follow rules and regulations that are in place for the sole purpose of protecting the environment. Go get em Florida, Lousianna, and Mississippi! They need to pick up the tab for the full clean up and not only what Washington bills them for. The States will never see a penny from Washington to help because they already have plans to waste the money they get. Just like they waste everything else!

August 13 2010 at 7:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

1 reply to likes2kayak's comment