"BP Sued by Mexican States Over Gulf Oil Spill Damage"

BP Plc was sued by Veracruz and two other Mexican coastal states over alleged losses stemming from the company’s 87-day oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The states claim that the financial damages from the spill, set off by the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in April, will grow, said attorney Enrique Serna, who represents Veracruz, Quintana Roo and Tamaulipas. Those states include the industrial hub of Veracruz and the tourist-beach centers of Cancun and Cozumel on the Yucatan Peninsula. Margaret Cronin Fisk and Laurel Brubaker Calkins report for Bloomberg September 16, 2010.