Judge okays BP plea, $4 billion penalty in Gulf oil spill

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Harry079 wrote:

Are workers lives of so little value that a Corporation can plead guilty to multible felonies by causing their deaths and walk away by just paying a fine and jumping through some hoops?

Jan 29, 2013 2:57pm EST  --  Report as abuse
Gigimoderate wrote:

Yes Harry…oil companies, coal companies CEO’s all side step safety regulations in the name of profit. They get fined and life goes on. The public turns a blind eye because of their own Glutton ways.

Jan 29, 2013 4:30pm EST  --  Report as abuse
Priets33 wrote:

Comparing this to the Samsung Apple lawsuit and you can see how stupid this is. Samsung owes Apple 1.1 Trillion dollars for using there rounded rectangle, and the gulf oil disaster only cost BP 4 Billion or less than 4% of the for mentioned lawsuit. It would be funny if they hadn’t screwed over so many people.

Jan 29, 2013 4:58pm EST  --  Report as abuse
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