There will be no quick decision from a federal judicial panel on whether to consolidate more than 130 lawsuits filed over the Gulf Coast oil spill. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation rejected requests from attorneys to issue a ruling this month. The panel said in an order released Monday it will consider the oil spill cases in July. Potential class action lawsuits claiming economic damages began appearing in Gulf Coast states soon after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig sank a month ago.
May 25, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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There will be no quick decision from a federal judicial panel on whether to consolidate more than 130 lawsuits filed over the Gulf oil spill.
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation rejected requests from attorneys to issue a ruling this month. The panel said in an order released Monday it will consider the oil spill cases in July.
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