Case Histories – Personal Injury

We represented a client in the Macondo blowout in the Gulf of Mexico in 2008. Our expert was deposed and our client was dismissed as a defendant.
We demonstrated a service company was not responsible (either by omission or commission) for a personal injury/fatality incurred by a third party.
We showed an operator was not responsible for personal injury/fatality after a wellhead was damaged by forklift operator error.
We investigated casing that fell out of position during makeup and showed the derrick was not centered over the hole, making casing handling hazardous.
We showed how failure of a BOP stack element occurred during Managed Pressure Drilling, resulting in a blowout, extensive property damage, and injuries to the crew.
Our expert testified at trial to demonstrate how an injury was not caused by the client or client’s equipment during tripping operations at the rig site.