11 East Coast States Hold BP Responsible for Oil Disaster Claims

By | June 22, 2010

  • June 22, 2010 at 12:58 pm
    wudchuck says:
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    unless that spill moves over to the atlantic, i don’t see this affecting the east coast states… matter of fact, it should help w/the tourism, because folks won’t be going to the beaches of western florida, alabama, mississippi, louisiana and texas. sounds like states are trying to grab some extra cash due to failure of their own state budgets. the other thing is that these AG’s are wanting a spotlight possibly for an election year, thinking we are doing the right thing for the folks but problem is which folks? not their own because they are getting tourism. here’s an interesting fact that most folks have not been seeing…. how far is that deepwater horizon rig from our shoreline? the US can not legislate or regulate of outside our national limits of 3 miles. remember after it becomes international territory. no different than the gulf of sidra, if you remember the carrier and libian planes. although the states can sue for damages to it’s current shoreline and businesses that are affected from the ability to make a living from the area that is oiled. the valdez incident was within our borders and therefore we did the right thing. we can assist BP if they want assisting to help stop the spread of oil. at least bp is trying to stop the flow and help w/the recovery of the oil and the economic damage cause to mother nature and businesses.

  • June 22, 2010 at 1:40 am
    chuck says:
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    I also fail to see the connection, other than maybe migratory bird hunting. I read this article hopeing it would tell me on what grounds? Sounds like they just want to get into the act. I guess if woodchuck is right about the 3 miles it is a good thing BP is not telling us (US) to just get lost.

  • June 22, 2010 at 2:32 am
    nk says:
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    FYI, Exxon did not do the right thing in Valdez. They did not have a clue on how to properly clean up an oil spill and used toxic chemicals that injured their clean up workers and further damaged the enviroment. As soon as the news media left, they began to renig on their promises to make the community whole and are still contesting the judgements the courts handed down to them. I fear BP will pull the same stunt down south.

  • June 22, 2010 at 3:13 am
    Fred says:
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    Can you spell Fraud. This claims process will be like taking candy from a baby. You see disaster, i see easy money from the insurance companies. Gotta go, got put in my claim for my loss of income for my shrimp boat. Wink, Wink !!!!

  • June 22, 2010 at 4:36 am
    Bandwagon says:
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    Looks like the “East Coast States” are indeed hopping on the bandwagon. Gotta get the word out that they want their candy too.

  • June 22, 2010 at 5:21 am
    Smitty says:
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    Key word “legetimate”, your Socialist bankrupt state economy is not a “legetimate” claim, BP is not the cause of those state’s problems, not even Lousiana’s problems, govt is.

    This is the most hyped non-event in the history of America, you really have to venture far to even see some oil on an unoccupied salt marsh barrier island which come and go with the tide.

  • June 23, 2010 at 7:49 am
    bob says:
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    A couple of days ago the FL Supreme court decided that fishermen have a direct cause of action against a polluter, in class action.
    http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/floridastatecases/6_2010/sc08-1920.pdf?DCMP=NWL-pro_fla
    The coastal limits are actually at:
    12 nautical miles, and an exclusive economic zone to 200 nautical miles See, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea
    Expect numerous class action lawsuits to be filed shortly.
    Given the known effect of the loop current, the eastern coastal states had little choice. The GOP lead states in the Gulf that have not made claim are likely to face Teaparty rebellions in the near future.

  • June 23, 2010 at 8:32 am
    wudchuck says:
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    thanks…. after reading this and doing a bit of research…

    deepwater was 41 miles from our coastline, and in 1500m of water… which qualifies as in the economic zone…. if it were 2500m, it would have to be no more than 100 miles vs the 200 miles for the other… my curious thing would have been, what if it was w/in the 200 miles of both countries like mexico and us? do they draw a straight line out between the 2 countries to resolve these matters or arbitrate for such? how many of you have noticed the recent florida commercials stating there still our beaches here (just located on the other side – atlantic).



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