BP avoids trial, agrees to pay $7.8B Gulf oil spill claims
by Ted Carter
Published: March 3,2012
Tags: british petroleum, gulf of mexico, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, New Orleans, oil spill, The Washington Post
BP will pay an estimated $7.8 billion to settle a lawsuit over the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill with attorneys representing thousands of individual plaintiffs and businesses on the eve of a major trial in a New Orleans federal court, the company said Friday night. The Washington Post reported the settlement does not [...]
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