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BP appeals ruling in dispute over spill settlement

By Washington Examiner

Published December 26, 2013 5:00am ET

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BP appeals ruling in dispute over spill settlement — The shoreline of Bay Jimmy, which was heavily impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, is seen in an area that has tar mats and oozing crude oil on the marsh platform, in Plaquemines Parish, La., on Sept. 27. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) | Gerald Herbert

NEW ORLEANS — BP is appealing a judge’s rejection of its argument that claimants who can’t trace their losses directly to the company’s 2010 Gulf oil spill shouldn’t receive payments through a multibillion-dollar settlement with a team of private plaintiffs’ lawyers.

BP attorneys filed a notice of appeal Thursday, two days after the ruling by U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier.

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