Deepwater Horizon's Owners Relying on Filing Deadline in Limitation Action

NEW ORLEANS - The owners of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig responded to a Louisiana real estate broker's pro se action for lost income by filing a notice in the federal MDL of prior orders from a Texas court that restrained the prosecution of such claims while the owners pursue their limitation of liability action. Gaker v. BP Exploration and Production, Inc., No. 10-3454 [In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, MDL No. 2179] (E.D. La.).

Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. and Transocean Deepwater Inc. filed the notice …