Legal Opinion
In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon"
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided December 21, 2012No. MDL No. 2179PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
[Granting Final Approval of the Economic and Property Damages Settlement Agreement]
CARL BARBIER, District Judge.
I. Factual and Procedural History
On April 20, 2010, a blowout, explosion, and fire occurred aboard the Deepwater Horizon, a semi-submersible offshore drilling rig, as it was engaged in drilling activities on the “Macondo Well” on the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Louisiana. These events led to eleven deaths, dozens of injuries, and a massive discharge of oil into the Gulf of Mexico that continued for nearly three months. On August 10, 2010, the Judicial…
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