Commentary By Jesse Fulton
June 13, 2017 | Daily Business Review
Seven Years Later, Deepwater Horizon Still Spilling Into Legal SystemThe Deepwater Horizon Claim Center will likely shut down this year after paying an estimated $13 billion in individual and business claims for economic and property damages. As it does, payments from related settlements, this time with Halliburton Energy Services Inc., Trans-Ocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. and other defendants, will start. Thousands of claimants are expected to divide $1.24 billion, writes Jesse Fulton.
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