- Aug 13, 2019

Thibodaux attorney sues national law firms over BP claims

A local attorney has filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court against several national law firms in connection with the 2010 BP oil spill.

The suit, filed May 13 in U.S. District Court in New Orleans by Thibodaux attorney Jerald Block, seeks to recover damages for breach of contract, professional malpractice and fraud caused by several law firms that represented victims of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and resulting oil spill. Read more...

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