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Hornets & Oil Spills

Reversing an award of $1.5 million in lost earnings to New Orleans Hornets NBA player David West as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Fifth Circuit ruled that he "earned exactly what he was entitled to receive under his contract."

NEW ORLEANS — Reversing an award of $1.5 million in lost earnings to New Orleans Hornets NBA player David West as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Fifth Circuit ruled that he "earned exactly what he was entitled to receive under his contract."

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