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"                      <p class=\"imgtitle\"></p>           The popular cruise line Carnival has jumped into the multidistrict litigation (MDL) surrounding the BP oil spill and Deepwater Horizon disaster.<br /><br />Filed on the one-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, Carnival's suit names BP, oilrig owner and operator Transocean, Halliburton and several other defendants with connections to the oil spill.<br /><br />Florida attorneys Curtis Mase and John Salas filed the suit on behalf of Carnival.<br /><br />The cruise line alleges six causes of action in its suit including fraudulent concealment by BP and its partners, violations of the Oil Pollution Act and negligence.<br /><br />Carnival already filed a claim with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility back in November 2010, the suit states. The GCCF claim was filed after four interim claim requests were filed pursuant with OPA.<br /><br />The Wall Strett Journal reported that Carnival's GCCF claim asked for $10 million. Carnival seeks unspecified damages in its lawsuit.<br /><br />The lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of Louisiana in New Orleans, where District Judge Carl Barbier is overseeing the BP MDL.<br /><br /><i>Federal MDL 2:10-md-2179</i><br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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