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BP subject to punitive damages

Rick Outzen August 29, 2011

The Jurist website reports that Federal Judge Carl Barbier has ruled that all state law claims in the BP oil spill case are preempted by federal maritime law and should be dismissed, but that the same general maritime law makes punitive damages available. Read more.

Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”