Class Action Lawsuits and the BP Oil Spill Disaster
Copyright (c) 2010 Chuck Matthews
For the hundreds of thousands of victims of the ever-worsening environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, many are left to ponder what the future holds for them in the wake of the economic and environmental losses that has forever changed their lives. One likely outcome of this whole debacle, aside from the drastic lifestyle changes for gulf coast area residents, will be the forthcoming litigation against British Petroleum (BP), the owner of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, as well as their primary contractors Halliburton and Transocean in the forthcoming mass torts or class action lawsuits that will most certainly be filed in US federal and state court systems in the coming months and years.
These upcomiong class action lawsuits are also referred to, mostly in legal circles, as mass torts, which are defined as civil lawsuits involving numerous plaintiffs against one or more corporate defendants in state or federal court. As the name implies, a mass tort involves numerous plaintiffs and law firms have in many cases used the mass media to reach possible plaintiffs, including the internet, television and radio. Some of the different types of mass torts include mass disaster torts, which is the more relevant reference for the BP gulf oil spill as well as product liability torts and mass toxic torts.
Irrespective of the terminology being used to classify the collective actions of victims of the BP oil spill in seeking compensation for their economic and personal losses, the end result has the same intention, namely that each individual law firm bringing such class action suits on behalf of their clients will seek to get the maximum award possible for their client's economic losses and personal suffering as a result of the negligent actions of BP, their contractors and perhaps other 3rd party corporations that were involved in some negligent and liable way. Because each law firm will handle their cases differently, and because each court system will reach a different conclusion about each individual class action case, its important for you to choose the best possible class action attorney who will give you the highest probability of the most favorable outcome, or: the maximum monetary award) for your particular case.
In sum, if you or someone you know have suffered an economic and/or personal loss as a result of the recent BP oil spill, you may be entitled to additional compensation up and above what may or may not already have been offered to you from BP or the recently created Gulf Oil Spill Relief Fund. Contact an attorney experienced in class action litigation who will file a legal claim on your behalf, and who has a solid track record of winning large class action judgments in court - your future depends on it!
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For the perhaps millions of victims of the BP oil spill, many are left to ponder what the future holds for them in the wake of the economic and environmental losses that has forever changed their lives. One likely outcome of this whole debacle will be the forthcoming litigation against British Petroleum (BP) as well as their primary contractors Halliburton and Transocean. http://www.oilspillcleanuplawsuit.com/
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