BP Wins Summary Judgment In Suit Claiming Exposure To Dispersants Caused Injuries

Mealey's (February 6, 2019, 12:47 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Louisiana on Feb. 4 awarded summary judgment to BP Exploration & Production Inc. in a suit brought by a man who claimed exposure to dispersants during cleanup of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig caused him to develop chronic conjunctivitis, sinusitis and other injuries, finding that the plaintiff failed to present any evidence on medical causation (Melvin Banegas v. BP Exploration & Production Inc., et al., No. 17-7429, E.D. La., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17353)....