Is BP Using Fake Oil Rig Workers as a PR Scheme?
I will happily back away from this bit of weirdness when it is disproved! But the other day, someone named "James" called in to The Mark Levin Show and recounted his story as a survivor of the BP/Transocean Deepwater Horizon oil rig. "James" sounds like he spent a lot of time referring to the disaster as an act of God, essentially-which, how legally intriguing! And, you know, assuring everyone there was no gross negligence. Um, so who's "James"? A lawyer representing the family of a Deepwater Horizon worker is not buying this. "After 8 days of 'silence,' all of a sudden, an unnamed 'caller' calling himself James, who says that he was actually on the Deepwater Horizon [DWH], calls into a radio show in Dallas, Texas and wants to 'clear the air.' This, I am sure will be proven to be a planned effort on the part of the lawyers at Transocean and BP." Is there anything lawyers love more than scare quotes?
Billable hours?
The entrails of babies?
The "James" guy is pretty articulate.
Torts.
"James" called back five more times, pretending to be DB Cooper, Valerie Plame, Glenn Miller, the One-Armed Man, and the Loch Ness Monster.
the Count of St. Germain strikes again!
how's listening to mark levin treating you?
I smell an astroturf coalition in the works!
BP's liability is capped at $75M, with the rest of the damages paid by you and me.
I believe it's that plus costs to clean up. Now, let's get together and come up with a really broad definition of "clean up." Also, there's a huge political/pr aspect to this that makes me think that all deals are now re-opened. (This post consists of 1. a vague memory of hearing something about cleanup costs and 2. my political instincts–therefore it is unassailable.)
I just found this, which touches on both points.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/
Pay, baby, pay!
Wasn't it recently decided that corporations are just like you and me; ie. person's w/ rights? And can't person's in this country still be put to death for capital offenses? It may be time to kill this corporation.