5th Circuit: Auto Parts Stores Were Not Tourism Businesses For Settlement Purposes

(February 10, 2017, 1:10 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 9 that a federal judge in Louisiana did not err when refusing to review the denial of five auto parts stores’ requests for compensation under the Deepwater Horizon Economic and Property Damages Settlement, holding that the Court Supervised Settlement Program (CSSP) properly found that the stores were not tourism businesses that were not required to show causation (Claimant ID 100212278 v. BP Exploration & Production, Inc., et al., No. 16-30102, 5th Cir.)....

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