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Halliburton In Settlement Talks To Control Its Macondo Cement Liabilities

Susan Buchanan | Posted 04.27.2013 | Green
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Susan Buchanan

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the April 29, 2013 edition.) Houston-based Halliburton Co. is in talks to settle private clai...

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Some Claimants Opt Out Of Proposed BP Medical Settlement

Susan Buchanan | Posted 01.18.2013 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, Corexit, Class Action Suits, Headaches, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, Key West, Rashes, u.s. Marshals, Chronic Symptoms, Detoxification, Neurological Problems, Vessels of Opportunity Program, Admiralty Law, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier, Health Insurance, Hospitals, BP Oil Spill, Krupnick Campbell, Gulf Coast, Dr. Mike Robichaux, Fishermen, Governor Bobby Jindal, Green News
Susan Buchanan

A medical portion in the proposed, $7.8 billion class-action settlement with BP will satisfy some residents who became ill from the 2010 spill but hundreds of others opted out because the agreement doesn't cover their chronic ailments and sky-high expenses.

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