In an Oct. 15 filing with the US District Court -- Eastern District in New Orleans, Transocean reported to the court it 'may discontinue payment of full wages and benefits' on Dec. 15 to the surviving crew members of the Deepwater Horizon. Transocean has been paying the workers who were members of the 126-person crew full pay and benefits since the Apr. 20 accident that left 11 men dead.

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The company had previously sent letters to crew members offering six months of pay in exchange for an agreement not to sue Transocean. Houston attorney Kurt Arnold said, "All of this is calculated to pressure the families to settle quick and cheap. " Arnold represents 23 Deepwater Horizon workers who were injured. In a published report, Transocean attorney Edward Kohnke was quoted as saying, "Transocean has been generous in not requiring these employees to go back to work. I think it is an effort to put people on notice that this gratuitousness does end at some point. It's a way of forcing a resolution."