A year after gulf oil spill, a gusher of lawsuits
Friday, April 22, 2011 - 00:30
in Mathematics & Economics
BP files multibillion-dollar lawsuits against Transocean, Cameron International and Halliburton in an effort to spread the blame. The companies counter with suits of their own.MIAMI — After being hammered for a year over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP is going on the offensive with multibillion-dollar lawsuits seeking to shift at least part of the blame to those who owned the ill-fated drilling rig, designed a failed safety device or supplied cement that didn't hold.