The federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has refused to allow BP PLC to immediately appeal his ruling allowing a large number of plaintiffs to seek punitive damages.
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans on Oct. 21 denied BP’s request that he certify an interlocutory appeal of his Aug. 26 ruling allowing many of the 100,000 individuals with economic and property damage claims to pursue punitive damages. BP argued that the U.S. Oil Pollution Act, which took effect in 1990 following the Exxon Valdez oil spill, displaced any claims filed under general maritime law, including for punitive damages.
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