BP Asks Judges to Send Workers’ Savings Cases to Texas
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Lawsuits by workers claiming BP Plc’s North American unit mismanaged their retirement savings plan should be sent to the Texas court already handling investor claims prompted by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, company lawyers told a panel of judges.
The employees previously asked that the suits be combined in Chicago, where the retirement plan is administered. BP today told a panel of federal judges meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, that the cases belong in Houston because the claims are similar to those in other investor suits.