Judge suspends BP spill payments to businesses

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily suspendedBP oil spill settlement payments to
businesses while he reconsiders thecompany’s arguments against compensating those that cannot trace
lossesdirectly to the nation’s worst offshore oil spill.Judge CarlBarbier (BARB-yay) issued an order
Thursday noting the claims officewill continue taking and processing business claims but won’t make
finaldecisions or payments until the matter is settled.BP is trying to block what could be hundreds of
millions of dollars in payments to Gulf Coast businesses.A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals ruled Monday that Barbier must reconsider BP PLC’s arguments.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
All rightsreserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten orredistributed.NEW ORLEANS
(AP) — A federal judge has temporarily suspendedBP oil spill settlement payments to businesses while he
reconsiders thecompany’s arguments against compensating those that cannot trace lossesdirectly to the
nation’s worst offshore oil spill.Judge CarlBarbier (BARB-yay) issued an order Thursday noting the claims
officewill continue taking and processing business claims but won’t make finaldecisions or payments until
the matter is settled.BP is trying to block what could be hundreds of millions of dollars in payments to
Gulf Coast businesses.A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that Barbier
must reconsider BP PLC’s arguments.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material
may not be published, broadcast, rewritten orredistributed.

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