5th Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Oil Spill Plaintiffs’ Claims

Mealey's (October 3, 2018, 1:36 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 2 affirmed the dismissal of three people who submitted claims to the Court Supervised Settlement Program (CSSP) for economic and property damages sustained as a result of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that followed the April 20, 2010, explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, finding that the evidence showed that the plaintiffs’ revoked their opt-out status or did not properly opt-out of the settlement agreement (In re: Deepwater Horizon, No. 17-30912, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 27902)....