Oil Spill Crude Disaster
With trial pending, BP asks judge to cull experts
Posted: Jan 30, 2012 5:06 PM by AP
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - With a trial over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill pending, BP PLC is asking a federal judge to block two key plaintiffs' experts from testifying about an alleged disregard for safety throughout the company that those experts say caused the blowout off Louisiana's coast, leading to the nation's largest offshore oil spill.
BP's legal maneuver to limit the two California experts from testifying about a lack of a safety culture at BP was made public Monday after U.S. Magistrate Sally Shushan unsealed 30 court motions to limit and block expert testimony. BP filed 17 of the motions, seeking to block expert testimony on a number of issues behind what happened to cause BP's well to blow April 20, 2010.
The trial starts on Feb. 27.
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