DOJ Alleges BP’s ‘Gross Negligence’ In Gulf Oil Spill

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A new court filing by the Department of Justice lays out what it alleges to be examples of “gross negligence” for the massive 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, reports Reuters:

The court filing is the sharpest position yet taken by the U.S. government as it seeks to hold the British oil giant largely responsible for the largest oil spill in U.S. history.

Gross negligence is a central issue to the case, slated to go to trial in New Orleans in January 2013. A gross negligence finding could nearly quadruple the civil damages owed by BP under the Clean Water Act to $21 billion.

 

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