by Spencer Aronfeld | Jul 19, 2010 | Environmental Claims and Toxic Torts
As a South Florida lawyer who represents victims of the BP oil spill, I do not agree with BP's announcement that they intend to deduct from potential claims payments made to fisherman and shrimpers; for the work they have already done to help BP clean up its mess. Certainly, this should have been agreed upon [...]
by Spencer Aronfeld | Jun 18, 2010 | Environmental Claims and Toxic Torts, Personal Injury News and Safety Resources
As a Florida oil spill lawyer, I was flattered to be covered in this New York Times article. It’s Raining Lawyers in the Gulf By JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF A cavalcade of lawyers are homing in on what is shaping up as one of the worst environmental disasters in the nation's history. Read the entire [...]
by Spencer Aronfeld | May 21, 2010 | Environmental Claims and Toxic Torts
Somehow I have become a Civil Rights activist for Cambodian and Vietnamese fisherman and their families in tiny Buras, Louisiana. The how and why are really not important as the problems faced by these folks. They are the first and hardest hit victims of the BP Oil Spill. Yesterday was the one-month anniversary of the [...]
by Spencer Aronfeld | May 17, 2010 | Environmental Claims and Toxic Torts
The AP reports the agency "responsible for ensuring that the Deepwater Horizon oil rig was operating safely before it exploded last month fell short of its own policy that inspections be done at least once per month. Since January 2005, "the U.S. Minerals Management Service conducted at least 16 fewer inspections aboard the Deepwater Horizon then it [...]
by Spencer Aronfeld | May 13, 2010 | Environmental Claims and Toxic Torts
Have you been affected by the BP Oil Spill? You may have a claim. Did you suffer damage to property from the oil spill? Did you suffer a loss of business from the oil spill? Did the oil spill cause you any physical injury from the oil spill? We have been on ground zero helping [...]
by Spencer Aronfeld | May 9, 2010 | Environmental Claims and Toxic Torts
Bill Sasser a correspondent with the Christan Science Monitor attends our town hall meeting in Buras, Louisiana. Mr. Sasser tells it like it is and explains how the BP oil spill has hit the Vietnamese and Cambodian fishermen particularly hard. Read the entire story here: Vietnamese, Cambodian fishermen among hardest hit by BP oil spill [...]
