If you’ve filed a BP claim and it hasn’t been paid, is there anything you can do to speed things up and improve your chances of being paid in full? Actually, there may be. Here are 3 things to consider doing even if you have already sent in your paperwork to the Gulf Coast Claims Facility.
- Send additional documentation of your losses. The GCCF administrator says one of the main reasons for claims going unpaid is lack of documentation. If you can find additional receipts or records to back up your claim, sending them to the GCCF should speed up your payment, and improve the odds that you will be paid the amount you have claimed. Write a letter and tell them you are sending additional proof of your losses. Put your claim number on all the paperwork. Be sure to keep the original papers in case you need them later.
- Amend your application to add any losses you may have forgotten to list on your original application. it’s not unusual for people to fill out forms and later remember other losses they failed to claim. If you have losses you didn’t list on your original application, send in an amended claim. List your additional losses. Once again, send a copy of any records proving your losses. Hold on to the original records.
- Contact a law firm. If you have a regular attorney you use for business or financial matters, contact him or her. You can also contact a law firm involved in the BP litigation. Some of these law firms are experienced in handling mass tort cases, which are more complex than run-of-the-mill lawsuits. Some of these firms will review your BP claims free-of-charge, and will assist you during the BP claims process. For more information, use our quick, simple form to get a free BP claim review by an attorney.
Visit BP-Claims-Report.com for more information about BP claims. To see how Kenneth Feinberg is performing, take a look at the BP Claims Report Card. And if you’ve filed a claim and want to participate, you can grade Feinberg by clicking on this BP Claims Report Card link.
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The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Americans With Disabilities Act, and prior Supreme Court cases, require that the new fund set up to compensate Plaintiff Steering Committee attorneys, that withhold 6% of settlements, as ordered by Judge Barbier, http://www.laed.uscourts.gov/OilSpill/OilSpill.htm BE JUSTIFICATION for these attorneys to provide extended representation to disabled claimants! Please bring this to the attention of others