"Plaquemines Parish Rejects BP Settlement Offer as Too Small"

"Plaquemines Parish has turned down a settlement offer from BP to pay for damages caused during the Deepwater Horizon disaster and oil spill because it was too small to compensate for the losses, two lawyers representing the parish in settlement talks said Monday (July 13).

In an interview, Parish Attorney Joel Loeffelholz and private attorney Scott Bickford said Parish President Amos Cormier told the Parish Council about the settlement offer and the decision to turn it down during a  July 9 executive session in which the council was considering a separate offer to settle claims of the Port of Plaquemines.

he parish council, which also serves as the port commission, approved the $155,300 BP settlement offer for port damages, said port Executive Director Sandy Sanders."

Mark Schleifstein reports for the New Orleans Times-Picayune July 14, 2015.