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BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 10:21 pm
by Skjellyfetti
FUCK this company...........
BP told to stop circulating settlement agreements with coastal Alabamians
By George Talbot
May 02, 2010, 8:49PM
Attorney General Troy King has asked BP to cease circulating settlement agreements among south Alabamians.Alabama Attorney General Troy King said tonight that he has told representatives of BP Plc. that they should stop circulating settlement agreements among coastal Alabamians.
The agreements, King said, essentially require that people give up the right to sue in exchange for payment of up to $5,000.
King said BP's efforts were particularly strong in Bayou La Batre.
The attorney general said he is prohibited from giving legal advice to private citizens, but added that "people need to proceed with caution and understand the ramifications before signing something like that.
"They should seek appropriate counsel to make sure their rights are protected," King said.
By the end of Sunday, BP aimed to sign up 500 fishing boats in Alabama, Mississippi and Florida to deploy boom.
BP had distributed a contract to fishermen it was hiring that waived their right to sue BP and required confidentiality and other items, sparking protests in Louisiana and elsewhere.
Darren Beaudo, a spokesman for BP, said the waiver requirement had been stripped out, and that ones already signed would not be enforced.
"BP will not enforce any waivers that have been signed in connection with this activity," he wrote in an e-mail.
But King said late Sunday that he was still concerned that people would lose their right to sue by accepting settlements from BP of up to $5,000, as envisioned by the claim process BP has set up.
The attorney general said he is prohibited from giving legal advice to private citizens, but added that "people need to proceed with caution and understand the ramifications before signing something like that."
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Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 11:22 pm
by ALPHAGRIZ1
Yeah corporations are always bad especially Big OIL, lets get em all!!!
Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 4:40 am
by houndawg
ALPHAGRIZ1 wrote:Yeah corporations are always bad especially Big OIL, lets get em all!!!
Sad that your mom died before she could tell you that if you make a mess you have to clean it up.
Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 5:48 am
by D1B
houndawg wrote:ALPHAGRIZ1 wrote:Yeah corporations are always bad especially Big OIL, lets get em all!!!
Sad that your mom died before she could tell you that if you make a mess you have to clean it up.
His mom aint dead, trust me. She lives in a cedar box in my basement. I let her out every once in a while to pick at my genital scabs.
Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:00 am
by 93henfan
Skjellyfetti wrote:
BP had distributed a contract to fishermen it was hiring that waived their right to sue BP and required confidentiality and other items, sparking protests in Louisiana and elsewhere.
So let me get this straight. BP floods the Gulf with oil, causing a fishing ban, causing people to lose their livelihood, then gives them a contract to sign to help them recoup some small fraction of their livelihood by helping clean up the mess, and they embed (likely in fine print or deep in the contract) a waiver to the right to sue for the rest of their lost livelihood.
That is truly reprehensible. I hope BP takes a giant razorblade dildo up their asses by the time this one is all wrapped up. Say what you will about Obama, but I have no problem with him penalizing this company to his maximum ability. They need to be made an example of, unlike the kid glove treatment Exxon received for Valdez.
Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 7:37 am
by Ivytalk
I'm surprised that BP actually thinks it can get away with this course of action. These are akin to "contracts of adhesion" that the law disfavors.
Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 7:40 am
by dbackjon
Alphie - word of advise - you are making yourself look even more foolish with your dumbass comments on this subject.
Any person with a quarter of a brain knows that BP fucked up royally, and needs to be held accountable.
Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 7:42 am
by ALPHAGRIZ1
D1B wrote:houndawg wrote:
Sad that your mom died before she could tell you that if you make a mess you have to clean it up.
His mom aint dead, trust me. She lives in a cedar box in my basement. I let her out every once in a while to pick at my genital scabs.
See!
Even people living in a Cedar box in D1Bs basement have jobs, unemployment isnt as bad as the media is making it out to be.
P.S. Tell her I said Hi.
Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 7:43 am
by ALPHAGRIZ1
dbackjon wrote:Alphie - word of advise - you are making yourself look even more foolish with your dumbass comments on this subject.
Any person with a quarter of a brain knows that BP fucked up royally, and needs to be held accountable.
BP didnt do anything wrong.
Obama is framing them and taking over their company.
Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 7:45 am
by JMU DJ
ALPHAGRIZ1 wrote:dbackjon wrote:Alphie - word of advise - you are making yourself look even more foolish with your dumbass comments on this subject.
Any person with a quarter of a brain knows that BP fucked up royally, and needs to be held accountable.
BP didnt do anything wrong.
Obama is framing them and taking over their company.
Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 8:04 am
by travelinman67
Ivytalk wrote:I'm surprised that BP actually thinks it can get away with this course of action. These are akin to "contracts of adhesion" that the law disfavors.
Common in construction. Had a (mostly) big prime out of SF...when I received payment, the backside of the check had (looked like) a 5,000 word microprint waiver and release contract on the back...literally took a magnifying glass to read the first few sentences..."By signing this check, the endorsee agrees..."
Chickenshit management. Shame on BP's lawyers.
At a time when BP needs to place focus on cleanup and PR, crap like this moves the ball back.
BTW, dback...
...there is not enough information yet about this particular Horizon incident to determine whether or not BP was negligent. The mere non-use of acoustic switches on their deep well (which only Norway and Brazil require), does not support a negligence allegation.
Since the crew manning the switchroom were some of the 11 killed, we may never know what happened. Could have been an act of terrorism or a rogue employee.
In retrospect, since the failsafe shutoffs didn't work, the logical course is to redesign them. The acoustics have not been used in the North Sea which has far worse operating conditions than the Gulf, and in the places where they are used, there has been no in-service failure requiring their deployment, though they have malfunctioned repeatedly during regular service requiring rig shutdown and valve reset: Failures that shut down operations for 2-3 days and result in ancillary equipment failures with total costs in the tens of millions.
Rather than jumping on the "hate big oil" bandwagon to assign blame for the failure, you might want to wait until the investigation is complete.
Save your anger for the schmuck attorneys...they're all bad.
Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 8:13 am
by ALPHAGRIZ1
If people were smart they would buy stock in acoustic switch companies. I have a feeling the anointed one will be mandating that just like he did health care.
Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 8:19 am
by Ivytalk
travelinman67 wrote:
Save your anger for the schmuck attorneys...they're all bad.
Even l'il ol' me??
Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 8:36 am
by Chizzang
BP...The good guys in the oil industry..
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Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 8:37 am
by Ivytalk
Chizz: Who's that on the surfboard? Margaret Thatcher?
Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 8:42 am
by 93henfan
Ivytalk wrote:
Chizz: Who's that on the surfboard? Margaret Thatcher?
Looks like a scene from a John Waters movie (not that I've ever watched one -
).
Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 8:45 am
by Ivytalk
93henfan wrote:Ivytalk wrote:
Chizz: Who's that on the surfboard? Margaret Thatcher?
Looks like a scene from a John Waters movie (not that I've ever watched one -
).
I thought it was absolutely "Divine"!
Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 8:46 am
by Chizzang
Ivytalk wrote:
Chizz: Who's that on the surfboard? Margaret Thatcher?
That's no Surf Board..!!!
That's an Ironing Board
And that is a picture of 93hens mother (long story) I'll explain later
Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 9:19 am
by 93henfan
Chizzang wrote:Ivytalk wrote:
Chizz: Who's that on the surfboard? Margaret Thatcher?
That's no Surf Board..!!!
That's an Ironing Board
And that is a picture of 93hens mother (long story) I'll explain later
Dont'choo be talkin' 'bout my moms.
Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 3:45 pm
by blueballs
Ivytalk wrote:93henfan wrote:
Looks like a scene from a John Waters movie (not that I've ever watched one -
).
I thought it was absolutely "Divine"!
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 10:57 pm
by Chizzang
93henfan wrote:Chizzang wrote:
That's no Surf Board..!!!
That's an Ironing Board
And that is a picture of 93hens mother (long story) I'll explain later
Dont'choo be talkin' 'bout my moms.
Oops wrong guy... not you 89hen
(His mom posed for the photo shoot)
Re: BP pushing $5,000 "settlement agreements" in AL
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 4:54 am
by Gil Dobie
Frickin oil companies
