Mealey's (September 4, 2020, 10:37 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The federal judge in Louisiana presiding over litigation stemming from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that occurred following the April 20, 2010, explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on Sept. 2 dismissed with prejudice the claims of four plaintiffs who claim that they sustained injuries while helping clean up the spill, finding that their suits were barred by the terms of a medical benefits settlement agreement that was approved in January 2013 and found that the claims of seven individuals should not be dismissed because genuine disputes exist as to whether they opted out or if they were cleanup workers (In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, MDL 2179, E.D. La., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 160076)....