Gulf oil spill spawns mega-suit, with likely mega-payouts
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 22:00
in Mathematics & Economics
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill lawsuit pits the Justice Department and about 120,000 plaintiffs against BP and other companies. Trial is set to begin Feb. 27.Spill 4.9 million barrels of oil into the ocean, and this is what you get: the lollapalooza, labyrinthine, mega-mother of all lawsuits.