Seven of the ten oil rig workers adrift in the Gulf of Mexico for three days have been rescued according to Mexican state oil company Pemex. Unfortunately, two individuals were killed while another remains missing. The men, all employed byRead More

A recent ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier has opened the door for some of the more than 100,000 claimants seeking compensation for economic loss stemming from the Deepwater Horizon disaster to sue BP for punitive damages. TrialRead More

On Tuesday, August 16, 2011, a maritime worker was killed when a crane collapsed onboard a production platform owned by Energy Resource Technology, a subsidiary of Houston-headquartered Helix Energy Solutions Group. The accident occurred approximately 75 miles southeast of Galveston.Read More

According to Courthouse News Service, trial for the April 20, 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon is set to begin on February 27, 2012. United States Judge Carl Barbier, the judge responsible for managing the consolidated litigation, announced that theRead More

The Jones Act lawyers at Zehl & Associates were recently retained by another worker in connection with injuries sustained on April 20, 2010 onboard the Deepwater Horizon. BP and Transocean are actively trying to lure loyal employees into settling theirRead More

The national offshore injury lawyers at Zehl & Associates, are always up to date on all maritime news so we can best serve our clients and provide the public with the best maritime law information. According to a recent BBCRead More