[quote=outtamojo]They gonna be SOL cause I been readin that BP asks for tax returns on those kinds of claims- they’ll have to cook something else up.[/quote]
The argument is not what they’ve made in the past, it’s what they COULD have made in the future. And who’s to say what that number is?
For example, let’s say that six months ago I decided that I would get a shrimping license at some point this year and start shrimping. Well, now’s the time and – lo and behold – I see that BP has mucked up the Gulf. That’s not my fault is it?
Don’t get me wrong – this is not a strong argument – it’s flimsy as hell. But… let’s say that a class action is formed for all such folks. How do you think that suit is going to fare in a Louisiana court considering who the defendant is? That’s a rhetorical question.
