BusinessGreen: BP yesterday faced a series of accusations that it was guilty of "corporate recklessness" in the run-up to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion, which killed 11 oil rig workers and led to the biggest oil spill in US history.
The first day of the long-awaited civil trial against BP and its partners, Transocean, and Halliburton saw the companies face a series of claims that they were guilty of "gross negligence and wilful misconduct" and are therefore eligible for punitive damages.
The complex...