GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Two Texas attorneys are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by three Mississippi businessmen who argue they are owed $7.9 million for steering to the lawyers thousands of people seeking to resolve claims against BP from the 2010 Gulf oil spill.
Gulf Coast businessmen Scott Walker, Kirk Ladner and Steve Seymour, who is also a Hancock County supervisor, filed the lawsuit in October in U.S. District Court in Gulfport, Mississippi.
Attorneys Michael Pohl and Jimmy Williamson, both of Houston, filed motions to dismiss on Dec. 22 in federal court.
The lawsuit alleges Walker, Ladner and Seymour steered 9,486 clients to the lawyers. The lawsuit says the three got some money but are still owed $7.9 million.
In the motions to dismiss, Pohl and Williamson deny the allegations.
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