WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department onMonday said it settled its claims against oil company BP PLC formore than $20 billion.
The 2010 rig explosion on April 20, 2010, the worst offshoreoil disaster in U.S. history, killed 11 workers and spewedmillions of barrels of oil onto the shorelines of several statesfor nearly three months.
The settlement on Monday is "the largest settlement with asingle entity in American history." (Reporting By Patrick Rucker and Emily Stephenson; Editing byChizu Nomiyama)