(Reuters) - Lawyers for about 200,000 Brazilian claimants, whose 5 billion pound ($6.82 billion) lawsuit against Anglo-Australian miner BHP over a 2015 dam collapse was struck out last November, are optimistic about going to the Court of Appeal.
A High Court judge in Manchester refused on Friday to allow the claimants to appeal against his November ruling, saying he remained convinced the claim was not merely challenging but "irredeemably unmanageable if allowed to proceed further in this jurisdiction".
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