Summary and Status of Gulf Oil Disaster Litigation

Friday, December 17th, 2010 Litigation

The U.S. Department of Justice has joined the hundreds of lawsuits that have been filed as a result of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the largest in U.S. history. The following is a summary of the legal cases stemming from the April 20 disaster, which closed fishing areas, stained beaches and sent BP Plc’s stock tumbling.

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