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SHORT-FORM JOINDER &
PLAINTIFF PROFILE FORMS
All Business or Individual
Claimants must complete one of two forms:
Short-Form Joinder
(Claimants should use
this form if they have NOT yet filed a complaint or petition in
MDL 2179, and desire to assert causes of action subject to
one or more Master Complaints. ** Claimants must bring or mail completed Joinder
Forms to the Clerk’s Office at
500 Poydras Street, New Orleans
Louisiana 70130; represented claimants may e-file completed
Joinder
Forms on CM-ECF.
E-Filing Instructions -
BP Oil Spill Menu: select ‘File/Amend Short Claim Form, CA 10-8888';
then select ‘BP Oil Spill Short Claim Form’)
or
Plaintiff
Profile Form
(Claimants should use this
form if they have already filed their own suit, or in the event
that they file their own petition or complaint in a form other than
the approved Short-Form Joinder. Completed forms must be sent to
Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel served through Lexis Nexis File and Serve
within 60 days of transfer to, removal to, or filing in the Eastern
District of Louisiana. Pro Se Plaintiffs who have not filed an
approved Short-Form Joinder should complete a Plaintiff Profile Form
and provide to Plaintiff Liaison Counsel via e-mail at
service@mdl2179plc.com
or by mail to 600 Carondelet Street, Suite 802, New Orleans, Louisiana
70130.)
Please view
Pretrial
Orders 24 and
25
for more information or contact Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel or
Steering Committee–contact information is listed under the Contacts
Tab.
AMENDMENT FORMS
To AMEND a Short-Form Joinder or a Plaintiff
Profile Form, Claimants should complete an
Amendment Form.
(If amending a Short-Form Joinder, Claimants must
bring or mail completed Amendment Forms to the Clerk’s Office at 500
Poydras Street, New Orleans Louisiana 70130; represented claimants may
e-file completed Amendment Forms on CM-ECF,
Case No. 10-cv-8888.
E-filing Instructions -
BP Oil Spill Menu: select ‘File/Amend Short Claim Form, CA 10-8888';
then select ‘BP Oil Spill Short Claim Form - Amendment’)
(If amending a Plaintiff Profile Form, the completed
Amendment Form should be served on all Counsel using LexisNexis® File
and Serve, as provided in Pretrial Order
12. )
Please view
Pretrial Order 42 for more information
or contact Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel or Steering Committee–contact
information is listed under the Contacts Tab.
DISMISSAL FORMS
To DISMISS a Short-Form Joinder and/or an
individual Complaint, Claimants should complete a
Dismissal Form.
(Claimants should use this
form if they wish to withdraw their claim from MDL 2179 and/or the
Limitation Action against Transocean. Claimants must bring or mail
completed Dismissal Forms to the Clerk’s Office at 500 Poydras Street,
New Orleans Louisiana 70130; represented claimants may e-file
completed Dismissal Forms on CM-ECF. If dismissing a
Short-Form Joinder, the Dismissal Form should be filed in Case No.
10-cv-8888, which will be deemed a simultaneous filing in MDL 2179 and
the Limitation Action, 10-2771.
E-filing Instructions -
BP Oil Spill Menu: select ‘Dismissal of Short Claim Form, CA 10-8888'
(If dismissing only an INDIVIDUAL Complaint, and NOT
a Short-Form Joinder, the Dismissal Form should be filed in MDL 2179,
10-md-2179.
E-filing Instructions -
BP Oil Spill Menu: select ‘Dismissal of Member Case, MDL 10-2179'
Please view Pretrial
Order 42
for more information or contact Plaintiffs’ Liaison
Counsel or Steering Committee–contact information is listed under the
Contacts Tab.
RELEASE OF MEDICAL & EMPLOYMENT
RECORDS
FOR CERTAIN BUNDLE A & B3 PLAINTIFFS
Any Bundle A or Bundle B3 plaintiff who alleges
personal injury must complete the
Authorization and Direction for Disclosure and Release of Medical
Records. Bundle A Plaintiffs must
complete authorization forms with respect to any medical provider who
has rendered care since January 1, 2008. Bundle B3 plaintiffs must
complete authorization forms with respect to any medical provider who
has rendered care since April 20, 2010.
Bundle A plaintiffs must also complete the
Authorization and Direction for Disclosure of Employee/Personnel
Records for each of the plaintiff’s employers from January 1, 2008
to present.
Bundle B3 plaintiffs who allege personal injury
AND lost work-time must also complete the
Authorization and Direction for
Disclosure of Employee/Personnel Records for each of the
plaintiff’s employers from January 1, 2010 to present.
(Completed forms should be sent directly to Liskow &
Lewis, One Shell Square, 701 Poydras Street, Suite 5000, New Orleans,
LA 70139-5099, or served on all counsel using LexisNexis® File &
Serve, as provided in Pretrial Order No.
12. Completed forms must NOT be filed publicly.)
Please view Pretrial
Order 42 for more information or contact Plaintiffs’ Liaison
Counsel or Steering Committee–contact information is listed under the
Contacts Tab.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY SHORT FORM
Local Government Entities
may use the
Local Government Entity Short Form to join
the Local Government Entity Master Complaint.** Claimants must
bring or mail completed Joinder Forms to the Clerk’s Office at
500 Poydras Street, New Orleans Louisiana 70130; represented claimants may
e-file completed Joinder Forms on CM-ECF.
E-filing Instructions -
BP Oil Spill Menu:
Select ‘File Local Government Short Form Joinders CA 10-9999'
Please view
Pretrial
Order 33 for more information.
** By Order of the Court (10-md-2179, Rec. Docs.
4041, 4061), Short-Form Joinders and Local Government Entity Short
Forms filed after September 16, 2011 are not effective to assert a
claim in the Transocean Limitation, Case No. 10-2771, though they are
still effective to join one or more Master Complaints in the MDL.
Claimants who wish to file in the Limitation Proceeding after
September 16, 2011 may only do so with a Court Order granting leave to
file after September 16, 2011. |
