IN RE DEEPWATER HORIZON

No. 13-0670.

470 S.W.3d 452 (2015)

IN RE DEEPWATER HORIZON, Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: February 13, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Goodwin , Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, CA, Allan B. Moore , Thomas L. Cubbage III , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington DC, Deborah G. Hankinson , Rick Thompson , Hankinson LLP, Dallas, for Appellant BP P.L.C.

Jeffrey Bentch , Hall Maines Lugrin, P.C., Houston, J. Clifton Hall III , Westmoreland Hall, P.C., Houston, William P. Maines , Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Houston, for Amicus Curiae Allianz Global Corporate.

Kenneth G. Engerrand , Brown Sims, P.C., Houston, for Amicus Curiae International Association of Drilling Contractors.

Richard N. Dicharry , Phelps Dunbar LLP, New Orleans, LA, Kathleen Hopkins Alsina , George B. Hall Jr. , Phelps Dunbar, LLP, Houston, for Appellee Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London.

Steven L. Roberts , Rachel Giesber Clingman , Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Houston, Kent C. Sullivan , Sean D. Jordan , Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Austin, John M. Elsley , Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, L.L.P., Houston, Reagan W. Simpson , Yetter Coleman LLP, Houston, Brad D. Brian , Daniel B. Levin , Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Harriet O'Neill , Law Office of Harriet O'Neill, PC, Austin, Daniel O. Goforth , Goforth Easterling, LLP, Houston, for Appellee Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc.

Byron C. Keeling , Ruth B. Downes , Keeling & Downes PC, Houston, Dwayne Richard Day , Dwayne R. Day, P.C., Houston, David W. Holman , Houston, Michael J. Maloney , Maloney Martin, L.L.P., Houston, for Appellee Ranger Insurance Limited.

Bradley A. Jackson , RJones Walker LLP, Houston, for Amicus Curiae B & G Risk Strategies LLC.

Jacob Espana , Houston, Karen Ann Conticello , Glenn Richard Legge , Legge Farrow Kimmift McGrath & Brown, LLP, Houston, for Amicus Curiae Lloyd's Market Association, International Underwriting Association, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, and American Institute of Marine Underwriters.

Meredith A. Welch , Reed Smith LLP, Houston, for Amicus Curiae United Policyholders.

William A. Sherwood , Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis Eagan LLC, Houston, Bruce M. Strikowsky , Barry S. Alexander , Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae Aviation Insurance Association.

Pamela Stanton Baron , Austin, for Amicus Curiae National Association of Manufacturers.


This is an insurance-coverage dispute arising from the April 2010 explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil-drilling rig, which claimed eleven lives...

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