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Alabama sues BP for "catastrophic" Gulf oil spill

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama is suing BP Plc, Transocean and Halliburton for "catastrophic harm" caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the state's attorney general said on Friday.

Reuters
Aug 13, 2010

BIRMINGHAM Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama is suing BP Plc, Transocean and Halliburton for "catastrophic harm" caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the state's attorney general said on Friday.

Alabama is the first state to sue BP for damage from the world's worst offshore oil spill.

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