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BP and attorneys for more than 100,000 people and businesses presented a federal judge Wednesday with a class-action settlement designed to resolve billions of dollars in claims spawned by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Kevin Heier, a blue-crab harvester, said he wasn't sure yet what he would do.
BP, claimants panel ask judge to OK class-action settlement →
"Frustrating? That's an easy word for it. It's beyond frustrating," he said. "We were fine before the spill. The seafood is harder to get, it's more expensive, people aren't buying the seafood like they used to."
BP, claimants panel ask judge to OK class-action settlement →