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Gulf Oil Spill Litigation Group Announces Louisiana Shrimpers, Fishermen, Sport Fishing and Seafood Processing Companies File Class Action Lawsuit for Losses from BP Oil Disaster

"We hope the leak is stopped promptly. However, the wellhead has not been capped and oil continues to flow unabated into the Gulf waters," stated Randall A. Smith of Smith & Fawer, L.L.C., located in New Orleans, Louisiana. "This unprecedented economic and ecological disaster, the complaint charges, was the result of negligence by BP and the other corporations involved in drilling at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. They failed to take appropriate measures to prevent damage to the Gulf Coast's marine and coastal environments."

"As the oil continues to make landfall along the Gulf Coast, it will cause severe damage to the delicate wetlands and intertidal zones that line the coast of Louisiana, destroying the habitats where fish, shellfish, and crustaceans breed, spawn, and mature," commented Dawn M. Barrios of the New Orleans, Louisiana law firm of Barrios, Kingsdorf & Casteix, LLP. "The oil spill and resulting contamination threatens the livelihoods of thousands of individuals and businesses who cannot use the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana's shore to work and to earn a living."

The complaint, entitled T&D Fishery, LLC, et al. v. BP, PLC, et al., was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in New Orleans, Louisiana. A copy of the complaint is available at http://www.gulfoilspilllitigationgroup.com

Legal Resources For Victims of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster

The Deepwater Horizon oil disaster poses a severe threat to the economic welfare of the Gulf Coast, including:

• companies and individuals involved in the commercial fishing, oyster and shrimping industries;
• companies and individuals involved in the wholesale seafood processing and packaging industry;
• dock and marina owners and operators;
• commercial and private boat owners;
• restaurants;
• property owners and developers; and
• city, parish, and state public agencies and governments.

The lawyers of Gulf Oil Spill Litigation Group possess the expertise and financial resources to investigate the case thoroughly and hold BP and the other defendants accountable for this horrible disaster.

If you have been adversely impacted by the oil spill, please visit www.gulfoilspilllitigationgroup.com to learn more about your legal rights and to submit a complaint. A lawyer from the Gulf Oil Spill Litigation Group will review your claim without charge or obligation.

About the Gulf Oil Spill Litigation Group

The Gulf Oil Spill Litigation Group consists of prominent lawyers from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Tennessee with extensive experience in environmental contamination litigation, including cases arising out of Hurricane Katrina and the TVA coal ash sludge disaster. Members of the litigation group have successfully prosecuted cases against many of the world's most powerful corporations.

Adding to the resources of these lawyers is the national plaintiffs law firm of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, with offices in Nashville, New York, and San Francisco. The National Law Journal has recognized Lieff Cabraser for the past seven consecutive years as one of the nation's top plaintiffs law firms. Lieff Cabraser has played a significant role in achieving settlements and verdicts valued at more than $62 billion, including against Exxon on behalf of thousands of fisherman, landowners, and others whose livelihoods were gravely harmed by the Exxon Valdez oil disaster.

Learn more about the Gulf Oil Spill Litigation Group at www.gulfoilspilllitigationgroup.com

Smith & Fawer, L.L.C.
Randall A. Smith, 504-525-2200
Zach Butterworth, 504-525-2200
or
Barrios, Kingsdorf & Casteix, LLP
Dawn M. Barrios, 504-524-3300
or
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Steven E. Fineman, 212-355-9500