Oil Spill MDL Judge Dismisses 25 Suits Due To Settlements, Releases

(October 31, 2017, 4:13 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The federal judge in Louisiana presiding over lawsuits stemming from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that followed the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20, 2010, on Oct. 20 dismissed with prejudice 25 cases after finding that the suits were settled or that the plaintiff released their claims after receiving payments from the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) (In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, MDL 2179, E.D. La., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 173692)....

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