Last updated: December 27, 2014    BP's 'corporate recklessness'
lead to Gulf of Mexico oil spill, court told  Deepwater Horizon
oil spill BP  11 people died after an explosion on the Deepwater
Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010. Picture:
Gerald Herbert/AP Source: AP  PROSECUTORS have accused BP of
letting greed triumph over safety in the opening of a multi-
billion dollar trial over the devastating 2010 Gulf of Mexico
oil spill.  A federal judge in New Orleans will determine how
much BP and its subcontractors should pay for the worst
environmental disaster in US history.  US prosecutors are
determined to prove that gross negligence caused the April 20,
2010 blast that killed 11 workers and sank the BP-leased
Deepwater Horizon rig, sending millions of barrels of oil
gushing into the sea.  The US government plans to introduce
ample evidence of "systemic problems of corporate recklessness"
and how a "culture of disregard to safety" led to the blowout,
said Michael Underhill, lead trial counsel f