BP/Transocean Lawsuits

There were 126 crewmembers on board at the time, 11 died and many more have been injured. Since the explosion, the oil rig is believed to be spilling 60,000 barrels of crude oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico creating, an environmental and economic disaster of epic proportions.

BP has been responsible for some of the largest environmental disasters of the last decade:

• 2004 refinery explosion killed several people and injured many others
• 2005 refinery explosion at BP’s refinery in Texas City, Texas killed 15 people and injured 170 workers
• 2006 corroded pipeline caused oil spill in Prudhoe Bay
• 2008 and 2009 pipelines in Alaska were found ruptured, clogged and could have casued serious explosions.
• 2010 Congressional Committee on Energy and Commerce sent a letter to BP President John Minge outlining its concerns with BP's poor safety record.

BP’s actions have not only affected those injured in the Deepwater Horizon explosion, but they have also impacted the businesses of fishermen, shrimpers and oystermen along the gulf coast. Additionally many businesses along the coast have been left in financial ruin from the lost business as a result of the BP oil spill.

BP has requested that all oil spill lawsuits be consolidated in a Multi-District Litigation in Houston, Texas. Blizzard, McCarthy & Nabers is a nationwide law firm located in Houston with significant mass tort experience. We have faced some of the largest corporations in the United States and have received impressive verdicts and settlements. We were principal negotiators in $4.85 billion Vioxx Settlement with Merck. We were chief negotiators in the $3 billion Dow Corning Settlement. We were principal negotiators in the $1.2 billion Sulzer Hip Implant Settlement.  Moreover, we have achieved significant verdicts for our clients in mass tort cases, including a $200 million verdict in Philadelphia in a Fen-Phen case and a $7.5 million verdict in Houston for a client who suffered a stroke after taking a dietary supplement containing ephedra.

The excellence of our legal work inside and outside of the courtroom has been recognized by state and federal courts which have appointed us to leadership roles in numerous large mass tort litigations:

• Appointed to six member Negotiating Plaintiff's Committee and nine member Fee Allocation Committee in the Vioxx MDL
• Ed Blizzard served as the chair of the Plaintiff's Steering Committee in Ephedra Litigation, MDL 1598
• Ed Blizzard was one of five lawyers appointed to negotiate Sulzer Hip Implant Litigation MDL 1401
• Appointed to Steering Committee in the Diet Drug Litigation, MDL 1203
• Appointed to Steering Committee in Silicone Breast Implant Litigation.
• Appointed to the State Liaison Committee in the Baycol Proceedings.
• Appointed to Plaintiff's Steering Committee in the New York ReNu and MoistureLoc proceedings
• Appointed to Plaintiff's Steering Committee in Digitek Litigation MDL 1968
• Appointed to Plaintiff's Steering Committee in Denture Cream MDL

If you or your business has been negatively impacted by the BP oil spill, we have the depth of knowledge to stand up for your rights against the giant corporations responsible for this catastrophic event.

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