United States Court, Louisiana.BP’s oil spill in 2010 directly affected the lives and livelihood of fishermen and seafood restaurants up and down the coast. However, many subsistence fishermen have been completely left out of the settlement process. In addition, many fishermen took quick payouts worth $5000-$25000 dollars as they were made to believe this under […]
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Louisiana Oysterman Association Inc. Versus Hilcorp Energy Company
United States District Court, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2:2016-cv-10171.In June of this year, the Louisiana Oysterman Association filed suit in June against Hilcorp Energy Co. for “prop washing” and doing so without proper permitting. This prop washing is a cheap method of accessing wells that uses tugboat propellers to churn the water bottoms and deepen existing […]