Oil Spill Claims

Special Master Sought To Oversee Oil Spill Claims, Kenneth Feinberg 'Too Slow'

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 09.24.2011

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The lead attorneys for people and businesses suing BP over last year's Gulf oil spill want a federal judge to appoint a special master to oversee the ...

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BP Loses Personal Data Of 13,000 Oil Spill Claimants

AP | Posted 05.29.2011

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NEW ORLEANS -- BP says one of its employees lost a laptop containing personal data belonging to thousands of residents who filed claims for compensati...

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Few Oil Spill Claimants Accepting Final Payments

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — Records show that in the last two weeks more than 8,100 people and businesses have been offered final payments from BP's oil spill...

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Oil Spill Claims Fund Under Fire

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF and HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — President Barack Obama vowed during a White House speech last June that the $20 billion he helped coax out of BP for an oil spill ...

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Justice Dept. To Oil Spill Claims Czar: Loosen The Purse Strings

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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ATLANTA — The job of the administrator of the $20 billion fund for Gulf oil spill victims is not to preserve money or return it to BP, and he sh...

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Oil Spill Fund Plagued With Over 7,000 Fraudulent Claims

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF and HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — The $20 billion fund responsible for compensating victims of BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill has received more than 7,000 potentiall...

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Security Increased For Oil Spill Claims Meetings In Wake Of Shooting

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 05.25.2011

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ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — The shooting of an Arizona congresswoman and rising tempers along the Gulf Coast prompted increased security for meetings o...

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BP Oil Spill Claim Denials See HUGE Spike

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 05.25.2011

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OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — Denied claims for Gulf of Mexico oil spill victims are rising dramatically because of a flood of new filings coming in wi...

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Professor Paid From Oil Spill Fund To Attest That Claims Czar Is Independent Of BP

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — A law professor being paid $950 an hour with BP's money has declared that the czar of the $20 billion claims fund for Gulf oil spi...

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Oil Spill Lawyers Want Claims Czar Reined In

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — Lead attorneys for people and businesses suing over the Gulf oil spill want a federal judge overseeing their cases to rein in the ...

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Oil Spill Claimants Offered Quick Pay Option With A Catch

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 05.25.2011

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OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — The administrator of a $20 billion fund doling out money to Gulf oil spill victims said Monday that people who want more ...

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Gulf Oil Spill: New Guidelines Could Rule Out Many Oil Claims

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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MIAMI — A flower shop in Florida that saw a drop-off in weddings this summer is probably out of luck. So is a restaurant in Idaho that had to sw...

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BP Claims Czar: Oil Spill Victim Payments No Longer Affected By Proximity

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — The administrator of the fund doling out money to Gulf of Mexico oil spill victims says geographic proximity to oil-impac...

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Many Denied Oil Spill Claims Will Get A Second Chance

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — The administrator of BP's $20 billion fund to compensate people harmed by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says some whose cl...

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BP Claims Czar May Give Spill Victims A Big Concession

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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HOUMA, La. — The administrator of the $20 billion compensation fund for victims of the Gulf oil spill said Monday he might waive the current req...

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Gulf Dilemma: Take BP's Payout Or Sue?

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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MIAMI — Alabama seafood market owner David Scott faces a difficult decision as he tries to rejuvenate his business after the Gulf oil spill: He ...

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Gulf Oil Spill Victims May Be Able to Sue Some Companies

Bloomberg | Jim Snyder | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Kenneth Feinberg, who today will start drawing from a $20 billion escrow fund for Gulf oil spill victims, hasn't decided whethe...

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New Guidelines Could Rule Out Many Oil Spill Claims

Posted 05.25.2011

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MIAMI (Associated Press) - A flower shop in Florida that saw a drop-off in weddings this summer is probably out of luck. So is a restaurant in Idaho t...

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BP Links Compensation With Continued Oil Production In The Gulf

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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BP has managed to link the fate of its $20 billion oil spill victims compensation fund with its continued ability to pump oil from the Gulf of Mexico....

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Judge Who Owned Bonds In Gulf Oil Spill Companies Will Handle Most Spill Lawsuits

AP | MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in New Orleans was picked Tuesday to preside over more than 300 lawsuits filed against BP PLC and other companies ...

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BP Plays Deadbeat On Nearly 40,000 Oil Spill Claims

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF and HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 05.25.2011

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ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — Sheryl Lindsay's wedding planner business is on the brink, crumbling with each cancellation over concerns about oil. Brides...

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BP Confirms That Thousands Of Claims Decisions Will Be Deferred

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earlier this morning, we reported that BP is delaying its decisions about many damage claims from the Gulf oil spill. We wrote that the company is put...

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BP Leaves Many Damage Claims Waiting in Limbo

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

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BP appears to be delaying decisions about the validity of many claims for damages from the Gulf oil spill, leaving claimants frustrated by bureaucrati...

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Have You Filed A Claim With BP?

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

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We could take BP at its word that it will pay all "legitimate" claims, and trust the administration's assurances that the people of the Gulf will be m...

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The Claims of Two Gulfs

David D. Caron | Posted 05.25.2011

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A claims process may distort, or even hinder, recovery. It is a mistake to divorce the possibility of later compensation from decisions made to initiate clean-up, assessments and restoration today.

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