Senator Demands Info From Transocean On 'I'm Not Injured' Forms Signed By Workers

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http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/senator_demands_info_from_transocean_on_im_not_inj.php?ref=mp


A Democratic senator is demanding answers from drilling giant Transocean about the forms that rescued workers from the Deepwater Horizon rig were given to sign stating that they were not injured and they were not witnesses to what happened.

Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee, fired off a letter to Transocean CEO Steven Newman calling the company's use of the forms "extremely troublesome."

Murray is demanding "a copy of the legal documents that the surviving crew members of the Deepwater Horizon signed, as well as a full list of your employees forced into signing such documents ... a full account from the crewmembers who signed these legal documents."

She also says in the letter she contacted the Justice Department "to determine whether any of the aforementioned actions are in violation of any criminal or civil statutes."

Murray is the second Democrat in Congress asking Transocean for some answers about the forms. Stay tuned.

-snip of letter-
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wonder how long they will take to answer

lets not hold our breath

[laughingliberal]

1. Rec nt

[HowHasItComeToThis]

6. HEY TRANSOCEAN, YOU CAN STOP THE LEAK

JUST STUFF YOUR LAWYERS IN THE BREACH

[laughingliberal]

10. Ohhh, good one! eom

[Wednesdays]

13. The scandal just keeps growing...

:popcorn:

[Angry Dragon]

2. I heard they kidnapped them for 36-40 hours

[ensho]

3. yes, I posted a thread on it a couple of days ago

it was an interview of one of the men held

[Hosnon]

9. I heard that as well. They were only released upon signing a waiver. I have no source though. nt.

[Canuckistanian]

4. Did they really think those forms would be legally binding?

Sure sounds to me like they were signed under duress.

[upi402]

5. Thanks Senator Murray! n/t k/r

[greencharlie]

7. I'm waiting for the T/O and BP bastards to be frog-marched into Court. nt

[malaise]

8. +1,000 n/t

[laughingliberal]

11. +2000 nt

[Brickbat]

12. "Legal documents," eh? I guess I wouldn't have called them that, Senator.