5th Circ. Won't Revive Charges For Fatal Oil Platform Blast

By Keith Goldberg (September 27, 2017, 6:45 PM EDT) -- The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of criminal charges against a company and three supervisors contracted by Black Elk Energy stemming from a deadly 2012 explosion on an offshore platform leased by Black Elk, saying the lower court correctly held that federal offshore regulations don't apply to contractors....

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