Since the tragic Deepwater Horizon oil platform explosion killed 11 workers in April of 2010, negligence by London-based energy company BP has financially harmed thousands of Americans. Though BP considers American lawsuits for oil spill damages "illegitimate," Americans do have a legitimate and legal right to seek financial recovery for BP Gulf oil spill damages. Such economic compensation can come when an oil spill lawyer from Jim S. Adler & Associates presses an oil spill lawsuit in their behalf.

BP's efforts to contain if not stop the flow of toxic oil into the Gulf of Mexico have largely failed. Oil continues to spew from the ruptured rig's sea-bottom opening into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. As many as 30 million gallons of toxic oil already have despoiled the region's waters and coastal areas, killing a variety of wildlife and severely hurting the businesses of fishermen, shrimpers, restaurants, hotels and other tourist spots along the coasts of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and Texas. Also staggered financially are landowners, oystermen, charter boat operators and offshore oil rig workers.

The U.S. Coast Guard estimates the oil spill may not stop until late summer or early fall, meaning a horrific disaster will become even more desperate for Americans whose business or livelihood depends on coastal enterprises. These endeavors include fishing for or harvesting oysters, crab and shrimp, or selling such seafood in restaurants. Indeed, Louisiana's $2.4 billion fishing industry may be dealt a death blow by the negligence of BP, whose cost-cutting and lack of proper safety measures have caused other catastrophic refinery disasters over the years.

While fishermen, restaurants, tourism and hotels along the Gulf Coast suffer, BP sits atop enormous profits, in large part derived from these same Americans it now harms. Though thousands of Americans face the loss of their business due to BP's negligence, the energy giant can claim first-quarter profits in 2010 of $6.1 billion -- double its profits from the same quarter a year earlier. BP also had $4.3 billion in profits for the last quarter of 2009. That's more than $10 billion in profits -- not revenues -- in a six-month period.

BP could have used some of that money to safeguard the oil platform workers who placed their trust in the company but now are dead. BP could have spent some of the money to ensure that, even if a rig caught fire and exploded, it would have the means to staunch an oil spill promptly.

Yet BP has done none of these things, and now it's up to Americans to deal with the mess and fight for economic compensation via oil spill lawsuits. Fortunately, they can do so with help from an oil spill lawyer at Jim S. Adler & Associates, a veteran Gulf Coast law firm that's been helping injured people since 1973, and has secured millions of dollars for clients in the process.

BP has declared it will pay for the oil spill's cleanup. But an even bigger financial cleanup also is needed. BP's negligence is having a devastating impact on Gulf Coast businesses, and their catastrophic losses should be BP's burden.

Use the free case evaluation form on this Web page today to alert an oil spill lawyer with Jim S. Adler & Associates. A legal representative will respond shortly to help you assess your oil spill lawsuit case. If an oil spill lawsuit ensues in your behalf, it may be your only means of recovering from financial damages which were no fault of your own, but rather that of massive energy corporation. Let an Adler oil spill lawyer or attorney fight for your right to the economic recovery you deserve.