Birmingham area condo owners at Gulf Shores sue oil rig companies

Source: AL

A Shelby County man and a Jefferson County company that own and rent condominium property in Gulf Shores filed a federal lawsuit against the companies that own and operate an oil rig that exploded last month and resulted in a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The lawsuit was filed Monday by attorneys for Ben Chenault of Shelby county and CMCO LLC of Jefferson County, in U.S. District Court in Birmingham. The lawsuit names, among others, BP Products North America Inc., Transocean Ltd., Haliburton Energy Services Inc., Cameron International Corp., and Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. as defendants.

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The lawsuit maintains the defendants "were negligent in responding to the disaster,
particularly with respect to downplaying the nature, size and extent of the leak and failing
to employ adequate responders and/or equipment in (the) field to control the oil slick."

As a result of the incidents, the property values of the plaintiffs have been diminished,
the lawsuit says. "Plaintiffs have similarly and will continue to suffer economic losses and
other damages to include loss of rents and loss of use," the lawsuit states.

The lawsuit claims the defendants' violated a number of statutes and regulations, including
the requirement to test the subsea blowout preventer every two weeks. The suit says
BP knew of the dangers of deep water drilling "and failed to take appropriate measures to
protect workers and the environment."

Read more: http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/05/birmingham_area_man_and_compan.html

They should get sued into bankruptcy - the company, and the personal holdings of its shareholders, and all of its executives.

I said this fromm the beginng that the lawsuits are going to be epic compared to the Exxon spill. This will affect far, far more people and States who will want to be compensated.

Its going to be a lot more people involved then a bunch of people from Alaska. PWS is a remote place with few people living near the actual disaster. This will be a lot harder for BP to have people forget when its on the doorstep of millions of peoples homes.

Those condo owners were already in deep do-do because condo rentals and sales
went to hell since 08.

personhood I could wrap my hands around it's neck...