Professor Montre Carodine recently said on NPR’s “Morning Edition” that the BP trial judge will be mindful of his earlier gross negligence ruling when assessing the fine BP must pay for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier has ruled that BP’s decisions and willful misconduct are to blame for the oil spill.
“When he’s thinking about how much money ultimately to impose, he’s going to be thinking about that testimony that led him to believe that BP acted with gross negligence,” Carodine said.
For more, read “U.S. District Judge To Calculate BP’s Fine For Gulf Oil Spill.”
