Judge Erred When Denying Request To Review Basketball Player’s Settlement Award

(March 21, 2019, 11:54 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Louisiana erred when denying BP Exploration & Production Inc.’s request for discretionary review of a Court Supervised Settlement Program (CSSP) appeals panel’s decision affirming a $1.4 million award to a player for the New Orleans Hornets who claimed that he lost income as a result of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled March 20 (BP Exploration & Production Inc., et al. v. Claimant ID No. 100281817, No. 18-30394, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 8325)....

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