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On Monday June 9th the United States Supreme Court rejected a request from British Petroleum to stop payments to businesses affected by the Gulf Coat oil spill of 2010 while they appeal the settlement decision in court. According to BP, failure to halt these payments would result in millions of dollars being awarded to claimants with no ties to the…
The gulf coast is still feeling the rippling after effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill—recently a 1,250 pound tar mat was discovered in the surf near Pensacola beach. This is the second largest oil discovery on the Pensacola shore this year. A report issued by the state Department of Environmental Protection stated that the mat was roughly nine…
A study backed by the federal government indicates that dolphins in the area hardest hit by the BP oil spill in 2010 are suffering from lung diseases and other health abnormalities. The health problems are all consistent with toxic exposure to large amount of oil. The paper makes strong connections between the date of the BP oil spill and the…
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which is also referred to as the BP oil spill; the BP oil disaster or the Macondo blowout officially celebrated its three year anniversary on April 20, 2013. The devastating explosion that killed eleven workers and allowed oil to flow unchecked into the Gulf of Mexico for a total of eighty-seven days, was just the…
Late February 2013 marked the beginning of the long-awaited trial over the 2010 BP oil spill. ate February 2013 marked the beginning of the long-awaited trial over the 2010 BP oil spill. The trial against BP and the other businesses involved is addressing what caused the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Drilling Platform, how the blame should be parceled…
Billions of dollars were set aside by BP Oil to compensate businesses damaged by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Platform, and the subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. A Tampa business does not need to be in the seafood business, or even on the Gulf Coast to qualify for compensation. Businesses throughout a portion of the…
PRLog (Press Release) – Mar. 19, 2013 – TAMPA, Fla. — The office of Frank Charles Miranda, P.A. released an alert to business owners in and around Pasco County Florida; Hillsborough County Florida; Collier County Florida and all other Florida Gulf Coast Counties between on Tuesday morning regarding BP oil spill claims. The bulletin covered the topic of the Deepwater…
On April 20, 2010, a major Gulf of Mexico oil spill began with the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil drilling rig. The explosion took eleven lives that day, and the oil spill ultimately overwhelmed the Gulf of Mexico for more than three months in 2010. A complete history of the event is available from various online resources, including…
Local representation in BP oil spill settlement claims: The office of Frank Charles Miranda, P.A. offers Tampa Bay area business owners and professionals with logistical support, and legal representation during the BP oil spill claim settlement process. My office is local to you, run by folks that are just like you, and we can relate with the damages caused by…
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the BP oil spill and the BP oil disaster are all different names for the same event that caused the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. A massive response to protect all beaches, wetlands, estuaries and even popular tourism areas ensued in the days following the initial explosion of the…