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BP Sues Transocean, Halliburton and Maker of Blowout Preventer Over Gulf Oil Spill

Follow up to previous postings on the Deepwater oil spill, via FindLaw:

  • BP’s Complaints Against Transocean Over Gulf Oil Spill: “BP submitted a court filing in the ongoing litigation regarding last year’s oil rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico alleging that the owner of the Deepwater oil rig violated the law and caused the explosion and subsequent spill.”
  • BP Files Lawsuit Against Halliburton Over Gulf Oil Spill: “BP filed a lawsuit in federal court in Texas alleging that Halliburton’s improper conduct contributed to the oil rig explosion and resulting oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year.”
  • BP Sues Maker of Blowout Preventer in Gulf Oil Spill: “In a cross-claim filed as part of the ongoing litigation surrounding last year’s oil rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, BP alleges that the manufacturer of the blowout preventer designed, manufactured, maintained and modified the preventer in a way that rendered it “unreasonable dangerous when used as intended.”

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