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April 29, 2015

The Brief for Feb April 29
Jury Trials for Medical Lawsuits Over BP Oil Spill Approved

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Texas Tribune Daily Brief

The Brief for Feb April 29

John Reynolds, Texas Tribune 04/29/2015

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Laws/Cases

Jury Trials for Medical Lawsuits Over BP Oil Spill Approved

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. But it left an option for claimants who later develop cancer or other chronic ailments they believe were spill-related to file a separate lawsuit against BP. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier said Monday that the settlement terms do not specify whether these so-called back-end litigation option cases must be tried before a judge or a jury. He also rejected BP's argument that maritime law bars jury trials in the oil spill medical cases.
Associated Press, Houston Chronicle 04/29/2015

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