August 10th, 2010
16 years since
In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig 'Deepwater Horizon' (MDL 2179)
16 years ago today, in United States, in re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig 'Deepwater Horizon' (MDL 2179).
MDL consolidating claims from Deepwater Horizon. BP agreed to $20.8B global settlement (April 2016) — largest environmental-damages settlement in U.S. history. Driven by Clean Water Act civil penalties, OPA-90 liability, and NRDA.
What it caused
- Deepwater Horizon Oil Spillresponse to
- Oil Pollution Act of 1990influenced