November 04, 2015
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday approved the federal government's $1 million settlement with two industrial corporations in an Oil Pollution Act suit over a barge's oil spill, leaving claims against one company remaining.
July 02, 2015
The U.S. government's Oil Pollution Act claims against two industrial corporations will head to trial, after a Texas federal judge denied dueling summary judgment bids Tuesday in the suit over a barge's oil spill.
September 25, 2013
A federal judge on Wednesday declined a barge salvager's bid to escape the federal government's claims that it dismantled a damaged barge without a permit and caused an oil spill in Texas, finding the company had interpreted the Oil Pollution Act too narrowly.