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Group complains about oil spill claims process | Oil Spill News
Group complains about oil spill claims processDecember 17, 2010 6:04 amBATON ROUGE – With chants of “write the check,” more than 250 people gathered at the state Capitol on Thursday to complain that oil spill claims coordinator Kenneth Feinberg is not doing enough to process requests by the poorest claimants.Led by ministers affiliated with [...]
As Next Tourist Season Approaches, Deadline Comes for Gulf Oil …
As Next Tourist Season Approaches, Deadline Comes for Gulf Oil Spill ClaimsNovember 22, 2010 6:16 am The administrator for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill compensation fund is pledging more transparency as the deadline nears for short-term claims by those looking to get a cut of a $20 billion fund set aside by oil giant BP for damages caused by the [...]
Two-Thirds of Gulf Oil Spill Compensation Claims Have a Problem…
(H/T to Patriot Post for the link) I searched around on some of the lamestream media sites, and could find no reporting on this story. Not surprising. Seems lots and lots of folks are anxious to slop at that $20 billion trough that Obama (DfOaLG*) “encouraged” BP to set up for Gulf oil spill claims. So far, about 8.5% of the funds have [...]
BP GULF OIL SPILL COMPENSATION FUND 'FACES FRAUD RISK' | NIGERIA …
BP Gulf oil spill compensation fund ‘faces fraud risk’Kenneth Feinberg oversaw compensation for victims of the 11 September, 2001 attacksThe administrator of a $20bn (£12.5bn) fund to compensate victims of the BP oil spill has said there is “no doubt” that fraudulent claims are an issue.Kenneth Feinberg pledged to be vigilant over who [...]
Kenneth Feinberg: Oil Spill Victim Claims That Were Denied Will …
Around the Web: BP shakes up management in wake of spill3 Mexican states sue BP over Gulf oil spillOil spill claims administrator expects to reach agreement on 90 percent of ...BP planning first bond issue since spillOil spills into St. Lawrence near MontrealShell Targets Expansion in Gulf of Mexico Even After BP SpillSen. Mary Landrieu resists [...]
Gulf Oil Spill Hits Workers Hard, Aid Groups Out Of Money
NEW ORLEANS — The oil has stopped flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, and that should be a relief. But with fewer cleanup jobs to be had, many of the people hit hardest by the huge spill are struggling as badly as ever.Boat captains and deckhands who managed to put food on the table over the summer because they got hired by BP to skim the oil are [...]
Gulf oil spill victims fight for slice of BP's claim pie « New …
Kenneth Feinberg took over the BP oil spill claims process Monday. (Pete Marovich/ZUMApress.com)Kenneth Feinberg today takes over the gargantuan task of distributing the $20 billion BP is setting aside to reimburse victims of the Gulf oil spill. He has said he will approve compensation claims by relying on precedents set by state and federal law. [...]
Gulf oil spill: Cash may flow from BP fund soon | Greenspace | Los …
Payments could begin within a few weeks from a $20-billion fund BP set aside to pay for the economic effects of its spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the fund's top administrator told hundreds of Houma, La., residents at a town hall meeting Thursday afternoon. Kenneth Feinberg, who headed the Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund, held a series of town [...]
Gulf Oil Spill: Victims Fund Chief Pledges Fast Payments
NEW ORLEANS — The administrator of a $20 billion fund to compensate Gulf oil spill victims pledged Monday to speed payment of claims as a federal judge considered whether to lift a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling.Kenneth Feinberg, who has been tapped by the White House to run the fund, said many people are in desperate financial [...]
