compensation

Largely ignored by his parents, he failed to develop normal social skills, but as compensation of a sort, in Mr. Margolick’s words, “with distance came a knack for scrutinizing and mimicking other people.”

BHP said it would appeal against the ruling and continue to fight the lawsuit and has said many claimants in the London lawsuit had already been paid compensation in Brazil.

Any potential compensation is set to be determined at a later trial.

A British court ruled Friday that Australian mining giant BHP was liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters, paving the way for potentially billions of pounds in compensation.

A British court will decide on Friday whether Australian mining giant BHP is liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters, potentially paving the way for billions of pounds in compensation.