BP pays out (multimillion pound) to woman who lost parents in blast

[Omaha Steve]

http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1944155,00.html

BP pays out to woman who lost parents in blast


Andrew Clark in New York
Friday November 10, 2006
The Guardian

A young American woman who lost her parents in an explosion at BP's Texas City oil refinery has won a multimillion pound out-of-court settlement - but she says she will never forgive the British company.

Eva Rowe, who had sought $1.2bn (£630m) compensation, accepted a substantial, undisclosed payment from BP on the morning that jury selection was due to begin for a trial in Texas tipped to be a public relations catastrophe for the firm.

She secured an apology, an admission of responsibility, donations of more than $32m for local schools and hospitals, and the disclosure of scores of documents about BP's questionable safety practices.

Speaking last night, Miss Rowe said she was "satisfied" with the outcome: "I think my parents' memory will be honoured." But she told the Guardian: "I'll probably never be able to say that BP is a good company. They killed my parents to save money."

FULL story at link above.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. good for her!

donations to schools and hospitals, documents disclosed, and I betcha she doesn't have to worry about paying the rent.

It won't make up for losing her parents, but she did good.