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BP: Judge should amend ‘gross negligence’ ruling

By Kevin McGill
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP has asked a federal judge to reconsider a ruling that could cost the oil giant around $18 billion in additional fines stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion.

Attorneys for BP PLC say in a motion filed Thursday evening that U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier’s (BAHR’-bih-aye) Sept. 4 ruling that the company acted with “gross negligence” in the disaster was based on testimony that had been excluded from the trial.

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