Family Of Worker Killed In Explosion Sues BP For Wrongful Death
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. — The family of Mississippi oil rig worker Aaron Dale Burkeen have filed a wrongful death lawsuit over the April 20 oil rig explosion in which he died.
Houston, Texas-based attorney Kurt Arnold said in a statement the lawsuit was filed Tuesday in County Court at Law in Galveston County, Texas, on behalf of Burkeen’s wife and two children.
Text continues after gallery …
- Trump Calls Kamala Harris ‘Dumb As A Rock’ While Other MAGAts Call Her A ‘DEI Hire’…Again
- The African American Policy Forum’s 5th Annual CRT Summer School Series Was A Call To Action For Social Justice
- Sean Combs’ Legal Team Claims ‘Mutual Abuse’ In Relationship With Cassie Ventura
- The Segregationist Administration: How Trump’s Team Is Systematically Dismantling Civil Rights
- ‘Sinners’: Black Horror Scholars Discuss The Blockbuster Film
Burkeen, of Philadelphia, worked as a crane operator on the oil rig owned by Swiss-based Transocean Ltd. and operated by BP PLC.
According to the lawsuit, which gives only one side of the legal argument, Burkeen’s duties included getting other crew members to safety.
The lawsuit contends the Deepwater Horizon was unseaworthy, and the defendants were negligent in failing to properly maintain the rig and failing to meet federal safety standards.
RELATED STORIES
White House: No New Offshore Drilling Until After Explosion Probe
As Disaster Worsens, BP Says It Will Pay Oil Spill Cleanup Costs
