05/28/2013 // Concord, CA, USA // LifeCare123 // Greg Vigna, MD, JD // (press release)

To Whom It May Concern:

Currently there are documented chronic health care problems associated with exposure to the toxins produced by the BP Oil Disaster that require ongoing medical care. The court administrator in the BP lawsuit has awarded legal compensation to the tune of $60,700 for each clean up laborer who meets certain medical criteria as determined by court.

In response to the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010, the cities and parishes in the Louisiana Gulf Coast mobilized rapidly and efficiently under the direction of Governor Bobby Jindal. Part of that mobilization to meet this economic and environmental disaster is the documented use of laborers from the prisons and jails from the Parishes adjacent to the gulf coast. The number and extent of the exposure to the inmates to the toxins produced in the environmental disaster has not been adequately reported by the press or released by the local and state governments. In fact the court has prevented the release of information regarding the names of the laborers who worked on the gulf coast to meet this disaster. These include the unemployed that resulted from the BP disaster as well as the unemployed as a result of the most recent financial collapse of 2008. Not to mention the Hispanic and Latino migrant workers some of which are likely un-documented have not been notified.

Unfortunately it appears that the laborers who have health related complications as a result of BP recklessness are out of luck if they remain uninformed of the court ruling related to their rights to compensation. The court has failed to recognize that the prison population should be viewed as a sub-class of the clean up class since they were under the direct control of the government when they were exposed to the toxins. These individuals some who may still be incarcerated are entitled to direct notice of their rights. They were under the care and control of the government and the government owes them a duty to be safe. That duty continues not only while the inmate is incarcerated but also continues after if they were exposed to toxic substances while under control of the prison system. I am all for prison labor, as one repays their debt to society, but the fundamental rights of life, liberty, and justice that continue to those in the prison system as delineated by numerous rulings by the Supreme Court.

I ask the health officials in my state of Louisiana to investigate the use of prison labor in Orleans Parish and the surrounding Parishes and request the various District Attorneys to carry out their duty to make a motion to compel the court to release the names of those effected by the BP disaster while under direct control of the state so they receive notice that the court has ruled that they are entitled to the medical care they need and the compensation they deserve.

Sincerely,

Greg A. Vigna, M.D., J.D.

Founder Life Care Solutions Group, Inc.

Lifecare123.com

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