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- Title
IN RE: OIL SPILL BY THE OIL RIG "DEEPWATER HORIZON" ON THE GULF OF MEXICO, ON APRIL 20, 2010, ORDER, AUG. 26, 2011.
- Authors
Selby, Brendan
- Abstract
The article discusses the environmental and legal implications of the April 20, 2010 explosion and oil spill involving the British Petroleum Deepwater Horizon oil rig, including information on the consolidated case In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig Deepwater Horizon on the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, as well as a claimant's ability to pursue damages under the U.S. Oil Pollution Act of 1990. The American torts law doctrine known as the economic loss rule is also examined.
- Subjects
UNITED States; BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion &; Oil Spill, 2010; ECONOMIC loss rule (Torts); OIL spill laws; TORTS; OIL spills &; the environment; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law)
- Publication
Harvard Environmental Law Review, 2012, Vol 36, Issue 2, p533
- ISSN
0147-8257
- Publication type
Article