5th Circuit Panel Upholds Bridge Builder’s $2.5M Gulf Oil Spill Award

Mealey's (May 8, 2020, 11:56 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Louisiana’s decision to not conduct a discretionary review of a bridge builder’s $2.5 million award under the Deepwater Horizon Settlement Agreement was affirmed May 6 by a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel, which held that the claimant’s causation attestation was plausible and that it the actual loss requirement was inapplicable (BP Exploration, et al. v. Claimant ID 100179569, No. 19-30298, 5th Cir.)....