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Many Injured BP Oil Spill Workers Must Sue Again to Get Paid
BP Plc, having pledged billions of dollars for damages caused by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, won't have to make payouts any time soon to more than 95 percent of the workers hurt while cleaning ...
BP to Appeal Oil Spill Claims Settlement to Supreme Court
BP Plc, seeking to avoid paying what it says would be billions of dollars in unjustified claims, will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a court order on a settlement tied to its 2010 Gulf of ...BP Faces Billions in Spill Claims as Court Denies Rehearing
BP Plc faces billions of dollars in additional payments after failing to convince an appeals court that the company is being forced to pay claims that aren't directly related to the 2010 Gulf of ...BP Wins Appeals Court Order Stopping Some Oil Spill Payments
BP Plc won an appeals court order stopping some payments under a $9.2 billion settlement tied to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP last month asked for an injunction halting payments to claimants ...
BP Lied About Size of U.S. Gulf Oil Spill, Lawyers Say
In the frantic days after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP lied about how much oil was leaking from its Macondo well and took too long to cap it, plaintiffs' lawyers said on Monday at the ...Preview: BP Battles for Billions in New Gulf Trial Phase
BP will battle to hold down fines that could hit $18 billion in a new phase of the Gulf of Mexico trial that will rule on how much oil it spilled in 2010 and judge its efforts to plug its well. ...
Will BP’s Hard-Line Legal Tactics Backfire?
BP's hard-line legal tactics aimed at capping the financial blowout from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil disaster will backfire, according to Joe Rice, negotiator of last year's settlement on behalf of ...BP Asks Judge to Deny Investor Class-Action Against Company, Officers
BP Plc asked a federal judge to deny U.S. investors the right to pursue a class action, or group, lawsuit claiming the company misled them before and after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The ...