Legal Fights Throughout 2013 Set Stage for Macondo Trial's Finale

摘要

In terms of the ongoing legal melee swirling around BP's 2010 Macondo disaster, the year will end much like it began — with fights going on in federal court in New Orleans. As the New Year approached, BP was dealt a stinging rebuke from New Orleans-based US District Judge Carl Barbier, who tossed aside the company's argument that the Gulf spill settlement program should not give compensation to companies that cannot directly prove their losses were the result of the spill.