Spill Here, Spill Now, Quash Court Dept. 0
Stephanie Grace, writing at the New Orleans Times-Picayune, considers efforts by Buccaneer Petroleum to keep depositions from Tony Hayward, chief buccaneer at the time of BP’s wild well, out of court.
A snippet:
“Do you think that BP bore any responsibility, operation or otherwise, for the performance of this blowout preventer?” And “do you think BP had any responsibility, given its position that the BOP was the last line of defense, to follow up to ensure that any maintenance and repair that needed to be done, got done?”
While BP argues that responsibility is a legal term, the plaintiffs say it’s also a lay term that “everyone understands.” Hayward’s concept of his company’s responsibility, of course, is also central to how the events unfolded and who should be held at fault.
Apparently, the plain light of day is no friend of buccaneers.
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