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Colin.
I take it that these guys were monitoring / controlling operations from 
the beach rather than on the rig, In which case I hope they throw the 
book at them for negligence
frank

Frank,
What do you think of this?
ct
PS  Defenceattorneys are seeking motion for a delay to review 63 million 
pages of records. The cost of this alone will mean the 2 defendants are 
penniless for the rest of their lives, regardless of whether they are 
found guilty or not.
Ex-BP engineers facing manslaughter trial in Deepwater Horizon explosion 
seek delay
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on August 28, 2013 at 4:35 PM, updatedAugust 28, 2013 at 4:42 PM




	
	
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A pair of former BP engineers charged with manslaughter in connection 
with the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico that 
killed 11 offshore workers asked a federal judge for a nine-month trial 
delay.

Robert Kaluza and Donald Vidrine, the former rig engineers who have 
pleaded not guilty to charges that they disregarded safety measures and 
ignored unusually high pressure readings that should have been a clear 
indicator of trouble prior to the Macondo well explosion, are slated to 
go to trial in early January 2014.

Defense attorneys on Wednesday filed a motion seeking the delay to allow 
them more time to review more than 63 million pages of records in the case.

"The discovery in this case is extraordinary --?? and ongoing," the 
motion reads. Only a single section of these materials, the attorneys 
say, "??would fill over 6,000 boxes"?? and stretch more than 
one-and-a-half miles if lined up in a row.

As of Wednesday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Standwood Duval had not 
ruled on the request for a delay.




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