HARRIS v. TRANSOCEAN LTD., BP, PLC et al

Filing 40

DISREGARD* - Should be Case #3:10cv229-LAC/EMT - - ORDER STAYING ALL PROCEEDINGS - 1. Motions to Stay Proceedings (docs. 15 , 21 ) are hereby GRANTED. - 2. All proceedings are temporarily stayed, pending JPML's final decision on whether to consolidate this and other actions arising from the BP oil rig explosion and subsequent oil spill. - 3. Parties shall file status report as soon as a decision has been made by the JPML on the matter of consolidation. - - - Signed by SENIOR JUDGE LACEY A COLLIER on July 21, 2010. (cbj) - - *Modified on 7/22/2010 (ORDER posted in wrong case. Referenced motions will not be re-opened at this time as this case was previously stayed at 31 Order )* (cbj).

HARRIS v. TRANSOCEAN LTD, et al

Doc. 40

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT N O R T H E R N DISTRICT OF FLORIDA P E N S A C O L A DIVISION D R . SEYMOUR STRICKER, Individually a n d on behalf of all others similarly situated; P la in tif f , v. B P P.L.C.; BP AMERICA INC.; BP P R O D U C T S NORTH AMERICA INC.; B P AMERICA PRODUCTION C O M P A N Y ; BP EXPLORATION & P R O D U C T IO N INC.; ANADARKO P E T R O L E U M CORPORATION; A N A D A R K O E&P COMPANY, LP; M O E X OFFSHORE 2007, LLC; MOEX U S A CORPORATION; MITSUI & C.O. (U .S .A ), INC.; TRANSOCEAN LTD.; T R A N S O C E A N DEEPWATER, INC.; T R A N S O C E A N OFFSHORE D E E P W A T E R DRILLING, INC.; T R A N S O C E A N HOLDINGS, LLC; T R IT O N ASSET LEASING GMBH; H A L L IB U R T O N ENERGY SERVICES, IN C .; M-I, LLC; WEATHERFORD U.S., L .P .; DRIL-QUIP, INC.; CAMERON IN T E R N A T IO N A L CORPORATION F /K /A COOPER CAMERON C O R P O R A T IO N ; JOHN AND JANE D O E S A-Z; AND CORPORATIONS AZ. D e f e n d a n ts. _______________________________/ O R D E R STAYING ALL PROCEEDINGS T H IS CAUSE comes before the Court on Motions to Stay Proceedings filed by D e f e n d a n ts BP America, Inc., BP Products North America, Inc., BP America Production Case No. 3:10-cv-134/LAC/MD

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Company, Inc., and BP Exploration & Production, Inc. (doc. 15), joined by Defendant H a llib u rto n Energy Services, Inc. (doc. 21). Plaintiff has filed responses (docs. 28, 29). The complaint seeks damages arising out of the recent oil rig disaster in the Gulf of M e x ic o . Defendants request that this Court stay all proceedings in this case pending a ruling f ro m the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ("JPML") on whether numerous related c a s e s involving the disaster, including the instant cause, will be consolidated. Upon review o f the motions and response, the Court finds the stay will preserve judicial resources in the lik e ly event that the cases are consolidated. Accordingly, it is ORDERED AND A D J U D G E D as follows: 1 . The Motions to Stay Proceedings (docs. 15, 21) are hereby GRANTED. 2 . All proceedings in this case are temporarily stayed, pending the JPML's final d e c is io n on whether to consolidate this and other actions arising from the BP oil rig e x p lo s io n and subsequent oil spill. 3 . The Parties shall file a status report as soon as a decision has been made by the J P M L on the matter of consolidation. O R D E R E D on this 21st day of July, 2010.

s/L.A. Collier Lacey A. Collier S e n io r United States District Judge

Case No. 3:10-cv-229/LAC/EMT

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