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Litigation

Jul. 14, 2015

Bellwether BP trial kicks off

A subsidiary of the energy giant BP saddled its franchises with inferior gas at inflated prices and a computer software system that often failed, costing them sales, a lawyer for four gas station owners told a Superior Court jury Friday.


By Andy Serbe


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - A subsidiary of the energy giant BP saddled its franchises with inferior
gas at inflated prices and a computer software system that often failed, costing them
sales, a lawyer for four gas station owners told a Superior Court jury Friday.


"BP exceeded the limits of its lawful power in the franchise agreement,&quo...

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