BP EXPLORATION & PROD. v. CLAIMANT ID 100191715

No. 19-30264.

951 F.3d 646 (2020)

BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION, INCORPORATED; BP America Production Company; BP, P.L.C., Requesting Parties-Appellants v. CLAIMANT ID 100191715, Objecting Party-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED March 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Stanton Jones , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Oscar Daniel Ramallo , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, Devin Chase Reid, Esq. , Liskow & Lewis, P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Requesting Parties-Appellants.

Samuel Issacharoff , New York University, School of Law, New York, NY, Zachary Logan Wool , Barrios, Kingsdorf & Casteix, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Objecting Party-Appellee.

Before CLEMENT, HIGGINSON, ENGELHARDT, Circuit Judges.


This appeal stems from the protracted Deepwater Horizon litigation. BP challenges the district court's order granting discretionary review and affirming a $77 million award against it. Because the district court did not consider investigating credible evidence of a sole, superseding cause for the Claimant...

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