Yesterday, Transocean got U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison (Southern District of Texas) to suspend any cases against the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig because the company filed a request to limit its liability to $26.7 million.
The Houston Chronicle reports British Petroleum, who is responsible for the oil spill, has requested their cases be heard by Houston-based U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes.
The last I heard only five claims have been filed in Texas. It could be disastrous for Floridians to have to fight their cases hundreds of miles away from their shores.