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LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 11 years ago
Litigation
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Second Lawsuit Against Kenneth R. Feinberg, Feinberg Rozen LLP And Gulf Coast Claims Facility Removed To Federal Court
Complaint Alleges Gross Negligence, Fraud, Fraudulent Inducement and Unjust Enrichment FORT MYERS, Fla. - A second lawsuit against Kenneth R. Feinberg, Feinberg Rozen LLP and Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) was removed from state court to the U.S...
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over 12 years ago
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The Immediate Need to Optimize Medical Records for the Gulf Oil Spill
By Joe Russell, SVP General Counsel & Corporate Development of MedNeutral, LLC SAN DIEGO: The Gulf Oil spill may be finally coming to an end, but the rash of personal injury claims are just beginning. While there will be numerous legitimate...
Gregg Lawson
over 12 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Plaintiff Attorneys Urge Oil Spill Victims To Pursue Litigation, Not BP Compensation Fund
MIAMI BEACH -- Plaintiff attorneys at a Gulf oil spill litigation conference have urged colleagues to advise clients to not accept money from the $20 billion BP compensation fund and instead pursue litigation. Some raw anger at BP spilled out June...
Maureen McGuire
over 8 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Feinberg Outlines Details For Program To Compensate GM Ignition Switch Claimants
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey's) Compensation expert Kenneth Feinberg on June 30 outlined the details of a program for compensating claimants alleging death or injury in accidents related to defective General Motors (GM) ignition switches. Speaking...
Shane Dilworth
over 11 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
BP, Plaintiffs Agree To $7.8 Billion Settlement Of Gulf Oil Spill Claims
NEW ORLEANS - (Mealey's) BP PLC and plaintiffs in the federal multidistrict litigation court in Louisiana for claims arising from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig and ensuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico reached an agreement on March...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 11 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
BP Announces Preliminary $7.8 Billion Settlement With Plaintiffs Over Gulf Oil Spill
Estimated $7.8B settlement expected to be paid from $20 billion Trust BP has reached a settlement with the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee (PSC), subject to final written agreement, to resolve the substantial majority of legitimate economic loss...
Tom Hagy
over 12 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Oil Spill Litigation News: EPA On BP Dispersants, New Suits & More
Courtesy of HB Litigation Conferences' Oil Litigation & Insurance Report. Details and subscription info at www.LitigationConferences.com . Here are brief takes on just some of the stories we're working on for HB's Oil Spill Litigation...
Gregg Lawson
over 12 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Gulf Oil Claims Facility Payouts Total $1.7 Billion To Date
MIAMI BEACH -- The Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) has received just shy of 350,000 emergency claims and paid out about $1.7 billion on just under 100,000 of them as of Nov. 5, according to Michael Rozen of Feinberg Rozen LLP in New York. Rozen...
HB Litigation Conferences
over 12 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
New Orleans Gets Oil Spill MDL; MDL Panel Transfers 77 Suits To Judge Barbier
Courtesy of HB Litigation Conference's Oil Spill Litigation & Insurance Coverage Report New Orleans as been selected as the site of the oil spill litigation, according to an order issued Aug. 10, 2010, by the Panel on Multidistrict Litigation...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Litigation
News Headlines
91,000 BP Gulf Oil Spill Claims Filed, But Just 1 Final Payment
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. - (AP) BP's compensation fund for Gulf oil spill victims has issued a final settlement payment to just one of the thousands of people and businesses waiting for checks, records show, and that $10 million payout went to a company...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Litigation
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BP Says Oil Spill Claims Formula Is Too Generous
NEW ORLEANS - (AP) The administrator of the $20 billion fund for Gulf oil spill victims, under fire for red tape and delays, has been told by BP that his formula for determining final payments is actually too generous. A document purporting to be from...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Litigation
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BP Waives $75M Cap For Some Oil Spill Claims
NEW ORLEANS - (AP) BP PLC informed a federal judge Monday that the company is waiving a $75 million cap on its liability for certain economic damage claims spawned by the massive Gulf oil spill. In a court filing, BP lawyers said the company is waiving...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Litigation
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Oil Spill Claims Chief Announces New Payment Rules
JACKSON, Miss. - (AP) The administrator of BP's $20 billion Gulf oil spill fund announced new rules Friday on how final payments will be determined in the highly criticized claims process, but the central payment formula remained unchanged from a...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 11 years ago
Litigation
News Headlines
BP Says It Wants To End Future Loss Claims For Gulf Oil Spill
NEW ORLEANS - (AP) BP is arguing that victims of last year's Gulf oil spill should not be paid any more claims for future losses because the areas affected by the spill have recovered and the economy is improving. The British oil company makes its...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 11 years ago
Litigation
News Headlines
Mississippi AG Sues Administrator Of BP Oil Spill Fund
JACKSON, Miss. - (AP) Mississippi's attorney general said Tuesday his office is suing the administrator of BP's $20 billion oil spill fund to get access to claims filed by coastal residents. Jim Hood said Tuesday that he has tried to negotiate...
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