""Well, they agreed to pay for all legitimate claims, "legitimate" being a weasel word which one can fully expect to be used to dodge out of claims that any number of observers might think are "legitimate".""

So what do you want them to do then Mousethief?

Pay out for some Kansas farmer who claims the spill hs ruined his fields?

Of course they'll only pay claims for damage that actually happened i.e. "legitimate claims"

It's a no brainer, and it's more than US insurance companies do.

Don T.