BP Beats Deepwater Horizon Spill Cleanup Workers’ Injury Claims

Two Deepwater Horizon oil spill cleanup workers failed to persuade a federal appeals court Friday to revive their claims that exposure to spill chemicals caused them to develop chronic sinusitis.

The trial court properly excluded testimonies from the workers’ experts for failing to to identify a toxin the workers were exposed to at a harmful level, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit said. Because the workers’ personal injury claims hinged on the experts, the trial court properly granted summary judgment to BP Exploration & Production Inc. and BP American Production Co., the Eleventh Circuit said.

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