Ship owners petition to limit liability in oil spill cases
The owners of a ship involved in a collision that spilled heavy fuel oil into Galveston Bay seeks to stop claims against the firm.
Attorneys for Sea Galaxy Marine, owners of the cargo vessel Summer Wind, filed a petition to limit its liability in the March 22 collision with a barge that spilled more than 168,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil. The firm also seeks to make a court in Houston the primary court of jurisdiction in the case.
The court filing effectively stops all claims against the ships owner. Two weeks ago, a federal judge ordered the arrest or seizure of the ship at the request of attorneys representing several fishermen and bait shops.
Attorney Tony Buzbee, who also represents several fishermen and others in the fishing industry, said his firm responded by filing with the courts that all claims be moved back to the federal court in Galveston, where they belong, he said.
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Now they start trying to shirk their responsibilities to the public, just like BP and Royal Dutch Shell.
Well this is going to get interesting. I'm getting pretty damn sick of these assholes telling us how safe they are, yet time after time they screw up, and try and dump it back on taxpayer.
This is what our government has allowed them to do for so lomg now. Makes it hard to hold them to the same standards that we have to live by.
This seems to be a trend that began with allowing limited liability for GMO firms . That was decades ago . I'm still not clear on how they got away with that legality manipulation .