5th Circuit Panel Upholds Ruling Finding Claimants’ Submissions Untimely

Mealey's (May 22, 2018, 9:44 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS— A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on May 21 upheld a federal judge in Louisiana’s ruling finding that the failure to submit claim forms along with the required documentation to obtain compensation from the Deepwater Horizon Court Supervised Settlement Program (CSSP) rendered the claims untimely (In re Deepwater Horizon, No. 17-30544, 5th Cir.)....