In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon"

ELR Citation: ELR 20216
No(s). 2179 (J.P.M.L. Aug 10, 2010)

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multistate Litigation consolidated and transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana 77 lawsuits related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The actions indisputably share factual issues concerning the cause (or causes) ...