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Appeals court hears BP challenge on spill claims for businesses, residents

July 11, 2013 | Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — BP PLC is being forced to pay inflated and even “fictitious” claims to businesses because of the way a court-appointed administrator is making payments from a legal settlement following the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, an attorney for the oil giant said Monday.