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TexasObserver

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Thu May-20-10 03:57 PM
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19. That would come under TORTS.

Is it foreseeable that wildlife will be covered with oil? Yes.

Is it foreseeable that people will try to help such wildlife? Yes.

Is it foreseeable that handling such animals will result in PTSD in such individuals? Yes.

Is that chain of foreseeability sufficient to result in liability to BP or Transocean for such PTSD? I don't know. It might be. It might not be. I imagine law students all over the nation are parsing this one in their Torts class right now.

Let me be clear. I'm on the plaintiffs side of these kind of matters, not big oil's. I like seeing liability extended for reasonably foreseeable injuries.

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