BP to ask US Supreme Court to rule on spill payouts
Washington (AFP) May 21, 2014 - BP said Wednesday it will appeal to the US Supreme Court over being forced to pay for business losses it says have no link to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. After having lost its argument in the lower courts, BP said it will ask the highest court to review the 2012 settlement in which it agreed to pay out billions of dollars to people and businesses claiming damages from the 2010 Gulf of M ... more

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