Most people know it by another name, BP Class Action Lawsuit, or oil spill class action lawsuit, but the world will never forget the name of the oil rig that exploded on April 10, hence the Deepwater Horizon lawsuit that’s forming in three states right now. A whole month later, and the oil is still gushing out from 5000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico waters. Nobody knows yet what the impact will be, on the marine world that surround the rig, as well as coastal areas in the Gulf.
The ecosystem will be affected, but nobody yet knows how much. Already, however, peoples’ livelihoods are suffering due to fisheries closures in the Gulf. There are now almost 7,000 square miles of Gulf that can no longer be fished due to the oil leakage, which is basis for the Deepwater Horizon lawsuit.