NEW ORLEANS, La. – Hundreds of thousands of Gulf Coast residents and
clean-up workers who experienced illness or injury from exposure to oil
and chemical dispersants will now be able to get the treatment and
compensation they need and deserve.
Class Counsel leading the 2010 BP Gulf Oil Spill litigation announced
that the Medical Benefits Settlement appeal has been dismissed by the
US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
“The Medical Benefits Settlement will provide compensation to
Clean-Up workers and Gulf Coast residents suffering from a wide range of
Specified Physical Conditions; establish a twenty-one-year periodic
medical consultation program, and create a Gulf Region Health Outreach
Program through a $105-million grant,” said Robin Greenwald and Matt
Lundy, Class Counsel’s lead Medical Settlement negotiators, in a
statement released Wednesday.
“Claimants eligible for the medical settlement include Clean-Up
Workers and residents living in certain ‘Zone A’ (beachfront areas
within one-half mile of the water) or ‘Zone B’ (wetlands areas within
one mile of the water) residents. The medical settlement contains a
back-end litigation provision, whereby claimants with later manifesting
illnesses retain their right to sue BP for compensation at a later
date.” MORE
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