Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The city of Dunedin already has filed an $8.8 million lawsuit against the oil giant over the 2010 Deepwater oil spill.
Pinellas County has filed a lawsuit against BP Oil for economic losses due to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Tampa Bay Times. It joins other municipalities, including the city of Dunedin, in claiming economic suffering because of the uncapped well and ongoing oil spill, which kept tourists away from Gulf beaches. In its lawsuit, Dunedin pointed to losses in revenue from two natural tourism destinations: Caladesi and Honeymoon Island state parks. The Pinellas County suit does not seek a specific amount in damages. But it alleges "negligence and willful misconduct" on the part of BP, according to the Times article. Similar lawsuits have been filed by Clearwater, Indian Rocks Beach, Madeira Beach…
Saturday, February 23, 2013
An 11-page claim demanding more than $8 million in lost revenue points to visitor declines at Dunedin's major natural tourism destinations Caladesi and Honeymoon Island state parks after the 2010 BP oil spill.
A claim for more than $8.8 million against BP is on its way to lawyers in South Carolina, Dunedin city attorney Tom Trask said Thursday. Trask said he "rushed in the last 14 days to get" Dunedin's claim against BP ready for high-powered, national plaintiff litigation firm Motley Rice LLC. The 11-page document boasts of Dunedin's two largest natural tourism destinations Caladesi and Honeymoon Island state parks and points to revenue lost from declined tourism after the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The claim for $8,812,133, plus another estimated $20,000 for recent forensic accounting fees not yet tallied, had already been sent through overnight mailing services by the time Dunedin city leaders voted to approve the claim …
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Monday, February 11, 2013
A high-powered, national plaintiff litigation firm told Dunedin commissioners Thursday that he'd have a draft recovery claim against BP ready in about two weeks.
A high-powered, national plaintiff litigation firm told Dunedin commissioners he'd have a draft claim against BP ready for Dunedin in about two weeks. Kevin Dean, a lawyer from South Carolina-based Motley Rice LLC, reassured commissioners who had questions about being past the Jan. 18 deadline to file a claim for recovery costs from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill. "It is a little bit of a concern," Dean said. "But I think we'll be OK." He told city officials Feb. 7 that the statute of limitations doesn't technically expire until April 20. Dean said no case law on the technicalities surrounding a 90-day filing period under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 exists, and he suspects judges would rule in the claimants' favor if it is challenged…
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Sunday, February 10, 2013
OK, so you had a busy week. We understand. Let us catch you up on all the highlights from Dunedin Patch!
Pinellas County Sheriff's detectives arrested a Palm Harbor man on Feb. 7 in connection with a string of recent robberies and a burglary at a Munchee's convenience store in Dunedin. Saul Shwarztein at Dunedin Bagels is challenging the area's beef-eating heavyweights to a pastrami-eating competition in Pioneer Park on Feb. 23. See how you can qualify. A legal agreement the owner of Sail Honeymoon made three years ago with the city requires that he re-bid for his business, but some commissioners are looking to create a loophole to bypass the bidding process. The Sweetbay grocery store at 1681 Main St. officially closed Monday. Are you sad to see it go? Despite being past deadline to file a claim, a high-powered litigation firm wants Dunedin …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Despite being past deadline to file a claim, a high-powered litigation firm wants Dunedin to join Pinellas County and several surrounding cities in filing claims against oil companies deemed responsible for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill.
Dunedin is well past the deadline to file a claim against oil companies deemed responsible for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill. But a high-powered, national plaintiff litigation firm is approaching city officials Thursday about filing a claim anyway. Tourists were scared away, local businesses hemorrhaged and fishing livelihoods were ruined along the entire Gulf coast in the aftermath of the oil spill. And the City of Dunedin, a coastal hamlet in Pinellas County, the most popular tourism destination on Florida's west coast, surely took a hit, says Motley Rice LLC. Motley Rice says that despite being past the Jan. 18 statute of limitation, it can help the city, along with Pinellas County and several neighboring cities that have already …
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Kenny Cannon
10:48 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The Deepwater horizon explosion was April 20, 2010. more ›