Jury Trials For Medical Lawsuits Over Bp Oil Spill Approved

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Tue, 04/28/2015 - 11:33am

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Oil spill cleanup workers who sue BP for medical problems that surface later in life have the right to make their case before a jury, a federal judge has ruled. The BP oil spill medical settlement reached in 2012 was set up to pay cleanup workers and others who experienced certain illnesses during the immediate aftermath of the April 2010 disaster. The settlement was designed to keep medical claims out of the courtroom.Read more on NewsOK.com

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