BP rig supervisors challenge manslaughter charges
Two BP rig supervisors charged in the deaths of 11 workers in the Deepwater Horizon disaster claim the manslaughter counts in their indictment must be dismissed because they don’t apply to conduct on a...
View Article5-month trial delay ordered in Gulf oil spill manslaughter case
A federal judge Friday ordered a five-month trial delay in the case of two BP rig supervisors charged with manslaughter in the deaths of 11 workers who were killed when an undersea well owned by the...
View ArticleJuly 9 hearing set in BP employees’ criminal case
A federal appeals court has set a July 9 hearing in the manslaughter case against two BP employees charged in connection with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed 11 offshore rig workers.
View ArticleManslaughter charges dropped for BP supervisors in oil spill
The explosion on the BP-operated drilling rig killed 11 workers and set off the nation's worst offshore oil disaster.
View ArticleSchedule set for BP rig supervisor’s misdemeanor trial
Last week, federal prosecutors dropped 11 counts of involuntary manslaughter against Robert Kaluza and co-defendant Donald Vidrine.
View Article10 months’ probation for ex-BP rig supervisor in oil spill
A former BP engineer was sentenced Wednesday to 10 months’ probation for a misdemeanor pollution charge connected to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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