Sympathy might be in order for U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier of New Orleans, who is presiding over the mammoth multidistrict litigation over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
As of March, the MDL already had featured about 350 suits against BP PLC and others involving a dizzying array of tort and maritime law claims. And due to a deadline in a potentially crucial case set for trial next year, the number of claims in the MDL has suddenly ballooned by more than 70,000.
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