Tort claimants seeking damages against Caribbean Petroleum Corp. do not have priority over the company’s unsecured creditors, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled.

The appellate court’s decision affirmed a U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware ruling that the bankruptcy court’s plain language does not place tort claimants ahead of other unsecured creditors.

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