BP again asks judge to delay compensation payments alleging fraud
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Times Picayune] by Jennifer Larino - October 22, 2014 -
BP has asked a federal judge to delay a second round of oil spill payments to seafood workers, arguing that there are still problems within the compensation program.
In a Monday filing in U.S. District Court in New Orleans, the British oil giant said "at some point" there should be a second round of up to $500 million in payments to workers hurt by the spill.
BP argued that moving forward would improperly speed up the process and allow error and fraud reported in the initial round of payments to be "perpetuated and compounded."
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