Gulf Oil Spill Victims May Be Able To Sue BP Partners: Feinberg

Bloomberg:

Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Kenneth Feinberg, who today will start drawing from a $20 billion escrow fund for Gulf oil spill victims, hasn't decided whether they must waive their right to sue companies involved if they accept final reimbursement.

"The question of whether or not a final payment will require a claimant to release one defendant, BP Plc, or all defendants, has not yet been resolved by me," Feinberg said yesterday in a telephone press conference with reporters.

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Comments

[Monk2001]

01:03 PM on 08/23/2010

"May be able to" ????

What a "Fair and Just" society we live in.

I said it before......

Justice is relative to the size of ones bank account. Enjoy your spoonful of Reaganomics Southerners.

[MrMcTwister]

12:14 PM on 08/23/2010

Passing the buck and NOT protecting the public:

The US government, and even President Obama himself, have said that Gulf seafood is safe to eat in the wake of the massive BP oil spill.

But an admission from the federal government that it hasn't been testing Gulf seafood for toxic heavy metals, and news that fishermen are being forced to sign waivers making them liable for toxins in their catch, suggest not everyone is convinced of the safety of Gulf seafood.

Louisiana fishermen's activist Kindra Arnesen says dock owners are asking fishermen to sign waivers that put the full responsibility for toxins found in the catch on the fishermen themselves.

"This liability cannot fall with our fishermen," she said in a video posted to blogger Alexander Higgins' Web site.

-RawStory.com