Vitter presses Jindal on suits

BATON ROUGE (AP) — U.S. Sen. David Vitter called on the Jindal administration Friday for stronger leadership in a dispute between landowners and the oil and gas industry over how cleanup of environmental damage from drilling years ago should be handled.

More than a dozen bills have been filed on the issue of “legacy lawsuits,” with the first measures set for a hearing next week.

The Louisiana Oil and Gas Association claims frivolous lawsuits over cleanup are stifling exploration in the state and killing potential job creation.

Gov. Bobby Jindal’s natural resources secretary, Scott Angelle, has said he’s trying to hammer out a compromise. Vitter said Angelle’s approach has been “pretty one-sided,” supporting trial lawyers who represent landowners and who stand to profit from ongoing litigation.

http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2012/04/13/vitter-presses-jindal-on-suits/

And I didn’t even write the headline…