Tuesday Is Deadline For Emergency BP Claims

November 23, 2010

Businesses and individuals affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill face a Tuesday deadline to file emergency claims from the overseer of the $20 billion compensation fund. After that, the burden of proof will ratchet up for coastal and inland residents seeking to collect economic damages for the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

Ken Feinberg, who is spearheading efforts to pay claims on behalf of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, has given recipients more time to decide whether they want to settle with the company by accepting payment and signing a waiver not to sue. But Feinberg has refused to extend the deadline for emergency payments, which require relatively less documentation to receive.

“By accepting these Emergency Advance Payments, employers and employees are not relinquishing their right to sue BP or others responsible for the oil spill occurring off the Louisiana Coast over seven months ago,” said Carol Dover, president and CEO of the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association. “FRLA encourages its members, and non-members, to file an application not only for Emergency Advance Payments, but also for the general loss of economic dollars for oil and the perception of oil washing ashore Florida’s beaches and coastline.”

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One Response to “Tuesday Is Deadline For Emergency BP Claims”

  1. art on November 23rd, 2010 1:43 pm

    NOAA just reopened waters a little north of the deepwater horizon site and lo and behold a trawler just this week pulled in tar balls along with its catch of shrimp. thousands of dollars lost because of tar. this is nowhere near over people.

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