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Article

8 May 2010

Author:
Sheila McNulty, Financial Times

BP victims ask court to review criminal plea [USA]

Brent Coon & Associates, the lead counsel in the fatal BP Texas City explosion of 2005, is asking US courts to revoke a probation agreement with the UK oil company and re-establish legal proceedings in light of the Gulf oil spill…His firm represented a number of victims of the BP Texas City refinery explosion of March 2005 who opposed the plea agreement entered into between the Department of Justice and BP in connection with the explosion…In October 2009, [Occupational Safety and Health Administration] issued $87.4m in proposed penalties for the company’s failure to correct potential hazards faced by employees – the largest fine in the agency’s history. BP has said it believed it was in compliance and is fighting the citations, noting $1bn spent since the accident on improvements in safety and processes across its refining system…BP did not immediately respond to a request for a response.