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CURTIS v. BP AMERICA, INC.

Civil Action No. H-11-2231.

808 F.Supp.2d 976 (2011)

Nyoka CURTIS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BP AMERICA, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

July 25, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Schwambach, Jr. , John Stevenson & Associates, P.C., Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs.

Nancy Curtis , pro se.

Thomas W. Taylor , Andrews and Kurth, Houston, TX, Floyd Richard Hartley, Jr. , Godwin Ronquillo P.C., Dallas, TX, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LEE H. ROSENTHAL, District Judge.

I. Background

This case arises out of the explosion of the DEEPWATER HORIZON in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. Stephen Curtis, an assistant driller, died in the explosion. Wyman Wheeler, a toolpusher, suffered severe injuries. Curtis's estate and family—referred to in this opinion as "Curtis"—and Wheeler sued under the Jones Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51, et seq., and...

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