Louisiana Sues BP, Partners for $1 Million a Day Over Spill
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BP Plc and its partners in the Gulf of Mexico well that blew up should pay the state of Louisiana at least $1 million a day for damages caused by the worst oil spill in U.S. history, state Attorney General Buddy Caldwell said in a lawsuit against the oil company.
“Louisiana has been, and will continue to be, profoundly impacted by the Deepwater Horizon disaster and has incurred, and will continue to incur, significant costs and damages,’’ Caldwell said in the complaint, filed March 3 in federal court in New Orleans. BP and its partners are responsible for fines and damages under state and federal law, he said.