In Re Oil Spill by Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in Gulf of Mexico

ORDER AND REASONS [As to D1 Master Complaint]

CARL BARBIER, District Judge.

This multi-district litigation consists of hundreds of cases, with over 100,000 individual claimants, presently pending before this Court. Each of the cases arise from the April 20, 2010 explosion, fire and capsizing of the Deepwater Horizon, a mobile offshore drilling unit owned by Defendant Transocean and under contract to Defendant BP. As a result of the casualty, millions of gallons of oil were released into the Gulf of Mexico before the well was finally contained approximately three months later.

In accordance with…