5th Circuit: Administrator Did Not Misapply Agreement When Denying Grocer’s Claim

(May 19, 2017, 12:19 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Louisiana did not abuse his discretion when refusing to review the denial of a food grocer’s claim for $2.4 million under the Deepwater Horizon Economic and Property Damages Class Action Settlement, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled May 18, holding that the claims administrator did not misapply or contradict the terms of the settlement by allowing program accountants to calculate the grocer’s monthly profits and losses (Claimant ID 100217021 v. BP Exploration & Production, Inc., et al., No. 16-30930, 5th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 8770)....

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