BP Settlement News from the Gulf:     Shrimpers Stories

  BP Settlement News from the Bayou. We have been hearing recently from shrimpers that are coming back in from the Gulf of Mexico and the Bays about the Health of the Gulf, the news is not good. Shrimp catches are down, way down. They are picking oil up in their nets more often then not. The shrimp and killfish they are finding in their nets have lesions, they are missing eye sockets, and they have a myriad of other issues.

The FDA says it`s fine to eat, we all know better. We have been told by numerous sources they just raised the testing levels of what is acceptable. The Shrimpers themselves have never seen anything like this in generations.

They are being forced to shrimp because many had taken Quick Pays, and it is the only hope of putting food on the table this year. The collapse of the Northern Gulf `s Seafood Industry can not be denied. If the BP Settlement does not address these issues, they in essence are forcing people to fish and exposing all of us to these deadly catches.

BP Settlement Quick Pays can still file Claims for VOO and Medical

If you took a Quick Pay or a final, you can still be a part of the VOO Settlement Class and the Medical Settlement Class under the BP Settlement. Many of you are sick but are attributing the High Blood Pressure to Stress and other factors. If you worked in the water or around the water during the Spring, Summer and Fall of 2010, odds are you are sick from the dispersant corexit and the oil.

There are tests that can help show this, one is called a Volatile Organic Compound Test, it measures the heavy metals in your body. If you are a fishermen, shrimper, crabber, and especially oystermen and clammer`s you need to go see a doctor.

We are hearing far to often of strokes and heart attacks, and are seeing a trend that is alarming. Many of you have not connected dots here. The BP Settlement can help you monetarily speaking, but you need to take the initiative when it comes to your health. The National Institute of Health is in the region taking hair, nail clippings and blood samples, they wouldn`t be there if it wasn`t serious.

The BP Settlement can only address so much, but the door is open if you took a Quick Pay to be a part of the BP Settlement for Medical and VOO Claims.

The BP Settlement and some random Thoughts

If the Northern Gulf goes into a full collapse, and experts are getting increasingly concerned about this, what do you think will happen to all the tourism. Owners of tourism and other related businesses please take note here. This will affect us all.

If the BP Settlement is to be fully utilized there needs to be some changes. First and foremost Quick Pays need to be addressed as soon as possible. You can not ask a man or a woman not to put food on the table for their families, if given the option of catching some tainted seafood, or their families starving, the choice is quite easy.

The BP Settlement needs to be proactive in its approach to paying people, especially paying those on the front lines. The BP Settlement should recognize the businesses that exist because of the Fishermen, Crabbers, Shrimpers and Oystermen, seafood processors and other assorted upstream businesses should receive higher multipliers if they choose to be a part of the BP Settlement.

BP Settlement and Multiple Claims

Many of you are entitled to multiple claims under the BP Settlement. Lets take for example a Fishermen that worked on the VOO Program who lives on the water.

If you have not taken a Quick Pay or a Final, you may be entitled to the following.

• Economic Claims
• VOO Claim
• Medical Claim
• Loss of Enjoyment Claim
• Subsistence Claim

We will Help you with your BP Settlement and we will Help you if you choose not to settle, we have Licensed Claims Adjusters, and Attorneys that can and will help you. Their rates start at 7.5% for large loss claims over 1 million dollars. The standard rate is usually 15%.

We will Assist you with your BP Settlement and Beyond.

Deepwater Horizon Settlements and You

Deepwater Horizon Settlements will be the mechanism for you to settle your BP Claims. The Deepwater Court Supervised Settlement Program will cover economic and medical claims associated with the BP Oil Spill.

The only reason there is a Deepwater Horizons Settlements Program, is because of the dismal failure of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility.

The track record of the GCCF was shameful for many as they preyed upon the fishermen, crabbers, and shrimpers of the Gulf Coast.

Many others were starved into taking Quick Pays, and the buzz around creating a Class Action for those preyed upon has been intensifying in recent weeks.

Who runs the Deepwater Horizon Settlements Program

The Deepwater Horizons Settlements will be run as a court supervised program under Judge Barbier and the administrator Patrick Juneau.

The entities processing the claims will remain the same from the GCCF, this is a concern. New guidelines will of course be in place, but after the debacle of the GCCF and knowing what we do about their internal processing methods, we will be watching them like a Hawk, and letting you know how it goes.

Do You Qualify for Deepwater Horizon Settlements

If you did not take a quick pay or a final claim and can prove you were impacted by the BP Oil Spill you most likely qualify.Individuals and Businesses that took final claims that were only paid 60% still qualify for the BP Settlement. The Deep Water Horizon Settlements program was meant to do the greatest amount of good for the most amount of people.

If you did take a final or a quick pay, but worked on the V.O.O or are sick you still qualify for the BP Settlement.

Were there people left out of the BP Settlement that should have been addressed, you bet there were, and we are are hard at work still trying to help you. If you were damaged economically, physically or if your property was damaged the Deepwater Horizon Settlements Program is meant to help you.

Deepwater Horizon Settlements Help

It is our belief that the best thing you can do to insure that you are prepared for the Deepwater Horizon Settlements Program is to have a well documented BP Settlement Claim, and from what we have been seeing is that many of you will have multiple claims under the BP Settlement Program.

We work with licensed Claims Adjusters that have specialized in Hurricane and Tornado Claims for over 30 years, they know how to document these types of claims, and they are often called in as experts when multiple claims and issues arise in Judicial proceedings.

This is exactly what they do. They will document your claim for you. They charge 7.5%-15%.

We also work with Attorneys if they are needed, the Attorney`s we work with have a proven track record.

We will Help you with your Deepwater Horizon Settlements.

BP Settlement Calculations.

  Many people are having a hard time understanding the BP Settlement multipliers, we will try to help you understand your baseline payment under the BP Settlement.

Mind you this is just how you figure your baseline there are other factors and multipliers that will be added to complete your Settlement equation. There are various multipliers for various types of claims and the zones those claimants inhabit.

BP Settlement Zone A Example

Here is how you would find your baseline under the BP Settlement for a Zone A Business under the BP Settlement. Take 3 consecutive months or more from 2010 after the Oil Spill, take those same months in 2009, 2008, and 2007 and create an average. You can use 2009, 2009, and 2008, or 2009, 2008 and 2007.

So lets say you used 5 consecutive months in 2010 after the spill and you made 100,000.00. You then take the same 5 consecutive months for 2009 and 2008, and came up with an average of 175,000.00, therefore you had a 75,000 loss for 2010.

The RTP or Risk Transfer Premium is 2.5 which means your multiplier is 3.5, so take 3.5 X 75,000.00 and your total is 187,500.00, that is your baseline loss, there are multiple ways to increase that number under the BP Settlement, but it gets pretty complicated.

There are several different zones and Multipliers for different areas and types of claims.

Environmental and other concerns

Report after report has been coming out showing how disastrous the effects of corexit and oil have had on the environment and on us. The data is just flat out not pretty. A diver that had two of his colleagues commit suicide and he has seizures after diving through contaminated water after being assured by a BP executive it was safe.

The death and illness of the blue crabs and the Dolphins of Barataria Bay are front page news. We are seeing the affects of the Oil Spill everywhere.

One of the biggest concerns I have is the link to high blood pressure we keep hearing about, especially from the Oystermen and women who spent their lives in now contaminated water.The calls we have been getting are horrendous and come far to often these days. High blood pressure can lead to Heart Attacks and Strokes as well as death, please get checked out. We have heard that members of the National Institute of Health are coming in to investigate and we look forward to hearing the results.

Our BP Settlement Team

Well it looks like we will be adding a few new members to the Team soon.We have told you since beginning  that our Team would evolve as needed. As we figure out the BP Settlement we are finding all sorts of fantastic ways to help you in areas that under the GCCF rules we could not.

There are some really great things coming for you, and they will be a great benefit for you, and help you get the most out of your BP Settlement.

We are not Attorneys and we can not give you legal advice, what we can do is tell you the truth, as wee see it, and isn`t that all we all ever wanted to know from the start of this catastrophic event.

Our licensed BP Settlement Claims Adjusters charge 7.5%-15% for helping you with your claims.

Attorneys are available upon request.

We will help you with your BP Settlement.

BP Settlement Judge Barbier Signs the Settlement

The Court Supervised BP Claims Settlement is officially moving forward. Judge Barbier signed off yesterday. There were no major changes to the BP Settlement leaving seafood processors, and people who were forced into quick pays holding the proverbial bag. The Seafood Settlement is also still capped at 2.3 Billion.

The BP Settlement Bonanza

The Settlement for some is incredible news, property owners that border the gulf of Mexico can file claims for a number of reasons, especially if there is or was oil along the shore. Individuals and Business owners under the Settlement have a more concise methodology to figure their BP Settlement Claims. There are several factors that will bolster BP Settlement Claims, such as Industry and Zones. There are several other calculations after you establish the base line claims for your BP Settlement that can greatly enhance your bottom line. The BP Settlement is a windfall for those that qualify in most instances.

The BP Settlement Fund

Supposedly the new BP Settlement Fund will be open for business sometime early June. Though it maybe relatively easy to establish your baseline loss, the other multipliers and factors that increase the loss are by no means easy, and in many instances they hard to understand, go figure.

BP Settlement Example

We had a gentlemen who had a dredging business come to us for help to file his claim. Initially it looked like it was pretty cut and dry, he had a 4 million dollar loss, and had lost his business. By the time the Claims Adjusters we had sent it to got done figuring his claim, his estimated Settlement will be over 12 million dollars.

Our BP Settlement Process

We work with Licensed Claims Adjusters.  Adjusters charge from 7.5%-15% to handle your Claims.

We are here to maximize your BP Claims we do not give legal advice.
We have in house CPA`s and Claims Adjusters with over 30 years of experience.

We will Help you with your BP Settlement.

The BP Settlement and Our Concerns

The BP Settlement under some scenarios is not as near as fruitful for many businesses as the initial GCCF was. In some instances it may actually pay to take a Quick Pay, I never thought I would be saying that, in other instance the future trending allowed under the GCCF was much more favorable then under the BP Settlement for some claims. It really is a case by case issue.

BP Settlement and other Issues Medical/Quick Pays/Oystermen

The BP Settlement has addressed a lot of issues, we are hearing from may of you that you took Quick Pays after being starved out, we are creating a database of you so that we can assist you in a number of ways, we will help you. We have been talking to several firms that are wiling to represent people in a massive class action against BP if these issues are not resolved. We have been told that the BP Quick Pays maybe back on the table, but not as a part of the BP Settlement as recently as yesterday. We will keep holding BP`s feet to the fire until this is resolved.

BP Oil Spill Claims and the BP Settlement Medical Issues

This is perhaps the greatest concern we have and that is people that work in the water most notably the Oyster Harvesters are getting sick at an alarming rate, and many of you have not even drawn the connection that it could all be caused by the dispersant corexit and the oil. There is a common theme of elevated blood pressure that is causing strokes and heart attack, please get checked by a physician if you are experiencing head aches, light headedness, kidney issues, liver issues and a myriad of other disorders.

We will help you with your BP Settlement.

The BP Settlement and the end of the GCCF

  The BP Settlement should have preliminary approval on Wednesday of this week, on the whole it does do the most amount of good for the most people, however the BP Settlement could do more. It could address the people that were victimized by Quick pays, it could pay people that are upstream from the fishermen such as the processors and give them better BP Settlement multipliers. The BP Settlement under Judge Barbier could truly make it right for so many people.

This will be Patrick Juneau`s swan song, in many peoples opinion. The BP Settlement will be ran by Judge Barbier and administered by Patrick Juneau, it is called the BP Court Supervised Settlement. The BP Settlement promises transparency and quick payouts. You do not need an Attorney to be a part of the BP Settlement, though some websites out there tell you, you do, they lie.

The BP Settlement and the Gulf Coast Claims Facility

The Gulf Coast Claims Facility will be replaced by the new BP Settlement Fund. We have heard from Managers of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility that they will be leaving their jobs on June 1st to be replaced by the new staff that will be running the BP Settlement on June 4th. The infamous days of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility are almost over, leaving Ken Feinbergs reputation ever tarnished. The Delay, Deny, and Defend tactics they used were unconscionable, forcing people to take quick pays or lowered final pay outs, just to save BP money, need to be addressed in the BP Settlement, or BP Class Actions will most definitely come into play. There are people now organizing Class Actions for people who took Quick Pays, how do I know because we are one of them.

The GCCF was an Abomination

Never in the history of a disaster such as this was an organization allowed to run rampant and to take advantage of so many. Over 200,000 people took the Quick Pays, people were promised Interim Payments, but instead got bombarded by Quick Pays. The GCCF knew that many people were starving and facing foreclosures.

I never did understand why President Obama and the leaders in the Banking Industry did not put a freeze on foreclosures in the most affected areas. Instead debts piled up and the GCCF took advantage of their own Delay tactics, and as bills piled up for many, and they moved closer to the brink, they began to break out the Quick Pay schemes. People were economically forced to take them and we ALL know this as a fact.

People were told numerous times that the GCCF had lost their paperwork, only to find that often the paperwork was simply mislabeled and put somewhere else in their file, another Delay tactic.

The GCCF went on to lie to major Attorneys in the Oil Spill litigation and told them to take in all the BP Claims they could and put them into the Bulk Upload, this allowed the Attorneys to register the clients and the heads of the GCCF said they would pay these clients even though limited paperwork was on file at the GCCF.

Many people thought there claims had been filed, indeed they were, but they were not payable, we know this because we have talked with the people processing them at Brown Greer and they were laughed at and denied. It seems the GCCF would use these people as targets for Quick Pays as well. We have often heard of people that filed with Attorneys would be approached by members of the GCCF  waving 5k or 25k in front of them. These people never even filed claims individually with the GCCF. It is our belief that the GCCF used the many clients that were entered into the Bulk Upload as a contact list, to hit people that were disadvantaged by the whole Bulk Upload scheme so they could be hit by Quick Pays.

It seems as though the GCCF would tell one group one thing, and another group something else, which lead to confusion and aggravation and fewer BP Claims getting paid. People signed off their rights to further sue BP, just for a quick infusion of cash. The BP Settlement has the opportunity to right the many wrongs of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility.

How can we Help you with your BP Settlement.

We have connected with Licensed Claims Adjusters that have worked in this sort of Claims arena for years, they charge 15% for your standard claims and 7.5% for large loss claims. They can help with any BP Claims you may have.

Attorneys are used when needed for the BP Settlement, but there are strategic times and types of claims that they should be called upon. There are most certainly some BP Claims that demand using an Attorney, and when needed they will be. Attorneys traditionally start at 25%.

WE WILL HELP YOU WITH YOUR BP SETTLEMENT.

Why Quick Pays need to be in the BP Settlement

Their Own Words

  As Judge Barbier Considers the BP Settlement I thought we would post some of the emails from people who took Quick Pays or were offered BP Quick Pays, we all know these people were starved out and Betrayed by the GCCF under Feinberg, Judge Barbier has an opportunity to make this right under the BP Settlement.

We would appreciate any consideration of adding these people back into the BP Settlement so they could be properly compensated. Many of these people work on or in the water they have been exposed to Corexit and Oil and have suffered the side effects of elevated blood pressure, rashes, bloody stool, and death by heart attack and stroke.

These are the stories we hear day in and day out. They need your Help Judge Barbier, please grasp this opportunity to do what you can to Help them and get them into the BP Settlement..

All this being said, here is why they need to be added into the BP Settlement.

To whom this may concern…
My name is John I am an Oyster Harvester of the Apalachicola Bay,for 30yrs now.I have surely seen better days out on the water since the BP oil spill and BP oil dispersant.
My father died in the Apalachicola Bay,so I feel a special connection to him being out there.It hurts me so seeing how much things have changed since the BP oil spill and oil dispersant.

This past year has been by far one of the worst and hardest oyster harvesting years.Being an Oyster Harvester for 30 yrs now,I know every oyster bed from Alligator Point to Indian Pass.I can take you personally to any one of them and show you first hand the effects the BP oil spill and BP oil dispersant have caused.

The state oyster beds that did produce have severely been worked down by so many oyster harvesters having to work only in the beds that did produce.Has this hurt our providing for our families, ABSOLUTELY! The oyster catch went from 30 to 40 bags in a day to 12 bags on a good day.Oyster sales are down due to the BP oil spill.
The first year,2010, BP made out like the BP oil spill and clean up would only last a year.That lead to the Quick Pay claim or pay-off.Yeah, BP gave you an option all right,take the Quick Pay claim or risk getting nothing.

Here it is 2yrs later and because of the BP oil spill and dispersant,the life for a Oyster Harvester is getting worse not better.Not only did the BP oil spill hurt the Oyster Harvesters,so has the BP oil dispersant.

It is in our bay,The Apalachicola Bay and BP is so responsible for it and our losses.Loss of income or lack of,reduce in production due to the catch of oysters per bags caught in a day.Also the limits set by Oyster dealers because of low oyster sales.

I took the Quick Pay and put that money into my oyster business counting on BP to do as they promised.My business has suffered greatly.I have had to sell to other oyster dealers not being able to have a sales route myself because of lack of catch and sales of oyster.Sales have been drastically reduced due to the BP oil spill having affected the Apalachicola Bay. Now I don`t qualify for the BP Settlement my last chance at being made right.

A family simply can not survive off this way of living anymore because of the BP oil spill and BP oil dispersant.

Who will help this starving way of life and living now?Who will make this better for the Oyster Harvester and other fishermen of The Apalachicola Bay and The Forgotten Coast Line?
Thank you,
John

And Another

My husband had invested much of his life to commercial fishing, always investing our hard earnings back into our business to have a nice home, to send our children to better schools, and school functions is a must with my husband, and I. We owe our lives to the Gulf of Mexico with its plentiful oysters, shrimp, and crabs to live upon, and to sell to our community consumers. My husband served our country as a Marine for four years, but that was years ago. I just want to let you know what a great husband and father he is, as well as a great person he his to our community, and state.

He was on the water about to go fish for crabs, but with so much stress that came with the BP oil spill he had a stroke on his sons birth date Aaron  3/16/1990. His blood pressure was 265 over 110 My husband stayed in Tulane medical centers ICU for 3 nights, and on the ground floor for 2 nights. The Doctor Mrs. Martin said it was acute stroke, saying it was “acute” meaning very bad. We are now in speech therapy, and taking the steps for him to get better.

BP or the press needs to know how they are making the commercial fishermen starve to take the $25,000.00. BP has our paper work, and the information needed to at least give us an intern payment, but never.

The BP assistant (rep) said in 2010 the oyster grounds were open. I say BULL, I have the paper clipping on that year, and lets not forget our oyster vessel could not work, due to the closure. BP must know with a 50ft oyster vessel, crab vessel with 400 traps are not just for there looks. Why would BP ever have a question about the payment if our family has these vessels in our own back yard?

Our family are now on food stamps, and getting little help from the church. I now have a $85,000.00 dollar hospital bill, and bills from his MRI, and other tests that the hospital ran to make sure he had no bleeding in his brain. He has lost more then the BP Settlement could every pay us now. Shame on you. We own a 50 foot oyster vessel, crab vessel with about 400 trips that we live on to pay our bills, but the spill has made the waters baron with no seafood to support our families living.

Can you see now how my husband had his stroke? I will call it a BP stroke! We never called an attorney yet, because we thought that would hold up any payment we might have received, but this is my husband! How can you do this to a family? Oh, and never mind about the main issue of people working at Popeye’s that receive money. Where are their vessels?

A very upset wife of a fishermen. I would like to ask whom ever is reading this if their loved one had a stroke? Well, let me tell you that the person whom had the stroke is not the same anymore. He can’t talk, he can’t think, he lost his humor. Very sad indeed.

I see the loss amount you would like me to give you, BP has taken my life, my husband, and a father away from me and my family. It would be hard to tell you how much of a loss this was. The hospital in itself is $85,000.00 and counting. To get my husband back to whom he was, priceless. I’m a very nice women, but this is the result of stress from the BP oil spill. Our total loss is $350,000.00 and counting.

We will Never give up Helping these people and others affected by the Oil Spill, for us it is personal and we are here for the Duration.

We are Crusaders in Shorts though sometimes wear Suits, and we get BP Claims paid. Our organization is run by people for the people, and we have been doing it ever since the Oil Spill happened.

We work With

• Seafood Harvesters
• People with BP Medical Claims
• Business Owners
• Individuals
• Non-Profits
• Anyone affected by the BP Oil Spill

If you need help with the BP Settlement, we will Help You.

Our Licensed Claims Adjusters charge 7.5% for large loss claims and 15% for standard ones.

We use Attorneys only when needed, and they start at 25%.

We will Help you with your BP Settlement.

BP Settlement Breaking News

Judge Barbier heard from Plaintiffs Lawyers and BP Lawyers why the BP Settlement should be approved yesterday, it is highly likely that preliminary approval will be granted. That is good news for many people and businesses that still have BP Claims that have languished at the GCCF.

People with denied claims, stalled claims, and people who have not filed yet but have valid claims should find some sense of relief. We can help you with your BP Settlement if you fill out the form to the right.

Other Attorneys addressed concerns about the BP Settlement for their constituencies such as the Shrimpers.

BP Settlement Heroes Jim Hood and Robyn Greenwald

Jim Hood went up to bat for the people that took Quick Pays, over 200,000 people should have a second shot at BP he explained, many of them signed off due to economic duress. We all know that BP and the GCCF preyed on these people and many of them were the hardest hit by the Oil Spill the Shrimpers, Crabbers and Oystermen. They seemed to have targeted these groups from the beginning.

Mr. Hood went on to say they need to  “nullify the illegal, illegally-obtained and unconscionable” Quick Pays. Mr Hood you are a hero to us and too many. If you have taken these please fill out the form to the right we want to here from you, please specify you the quick pay in the comment section.

These people should be made whole under the BP Settlement. We had spoken to one of his aides just days before, they are taking this issue to task.

Robyn Greenwald who spearheaded the BP Settlement for the Medical Class, set forth that under the BP Settlement the Medical Class does the greatest amount of good for the most amount of people. We think that Robin did a masterful job of laying out the BP Medical Settlement. People will get some much needed economic relief, while still retaining their right to sue BP. There are some great Lawyers out there, and she is one of them, she is truly fighting for the people of the BP Settlement.

BP Settlement: Charter Fishermen and Processors

Attorneys argued that Shrimp processors needed to have a better RTP rate then a common business claim under the BP Settlement, this is pretty much a no brainer. They are directly tied to the health of the shrimping industry, this had to be had to be some sort of oversight.

In fact any Seafood processor whose down stream was affected by the Oil Spill should be given the same RTP`s as the people who supply them when they are so dramatically tied to the Health of the Gulf. This should also apply to Charter Boat Captains and anyone that makes a living from the Gulfs bounty or the lack there of and should be covered in the BP Settlement.

Our BP Settlement Help Line 1-800-BP-CLAIM

If you need assistance filing your BP Settlement or just have a few questions we will do our best to help you. We have been fielding over 200 calls a day from people affected through out the Gulf Region, we would ask that your calls come between the hours of 8 am- 7 pm e.s.t. We have been here from the beginning and we will be here till the end. The BP Settlement is not the end.

We have been at this a long time now, we advocate for one group, the people affected by the BP Oil Spill. We are here to get people paid and Strongly believe we have layed out the best network of licensed Claims Adjusters and Attorneys to do just that, get you paid. We will not tolerate Entities that don`t do their job within the network.

As always Licensed Claims Adjusters start at 15% for Standard Claims and as low as 7.5% for large loss claims over 1 million dollars.

Attorneys Charge between 20%-33.3% for standard cases.

If you ever feel that you are having issues with anyone that we forwarded your information to, and they are not being responsive, we are just a phone call a away and we will deal with it on the spot.

We will Help you with your BP Settlement

NO Attorney needed for the BP Settlement

  Patrick Juneau the head of the BP Settlement has gone on the record, and has said “you do not need an Attorney for the BP Settlement.” Businesses and Individuals will be able to handle their own claims with the new BP Settlement Fund or they can have professionals help them, and then submit.

The BP Settlement by it`s very nature has has evolved from a claims process to a settlement process, to be a part of the Settlement Process we think you need to have stronger advocates on your side.

Consultants vs. Claims Adjusters we recommend Licensed Claims Adjusters at this time

We have long advocated that people can and should use Consultants and Licensed Claims Adjusters. Since the advent of the BP Settlement we have stiffened up our position and Strongly Recommend Licensed Claims Adjusters that have experience with these sorts of BP Claims and Business Interruption Claims, they have been doing this for a living for a long time. They have been making a living doing this well before the BP Claims process. It is our position that they can represent you better then consultants at this time due to the nature of the BP Settlement.

The Licensed Claims Adjusters we use have Attorneys on retainer and Certified Public Accountants. They are fully armed to do battle if your BP Settlement Claim needs to be appealed. They will tell you what the value of your BP Settlement Claim is before it is presented to the BP Settlement Fund.

What we have found is this group, fully understands the complexity of the BP Claims process and has vast experience preparing them, and that is what people have needed most.

Through our experience they have done a great job getting people paid, even under the GCCF system, some attorneys have done a very good job as well.

Attorneys and the BP Settlement

Don`t get me wrong here Attorneys are needed in some instances, but this is a documentation nightmare for many of them and they just don`t have the experience of Licensed Claims Adjusters when it comes to documenting and submitting claims. The BP Settlement is all about documentation and BP Settlement Calculation.

We have heard and continue to hear horror stories from many of you who signed up with a lawyer never to hear from them again, and you were eventually forced in to taking quick pays because the Attorney was either very non responsive or just flat out unavailable.

Many of you decided to fire BP Claims Attorneys, and used a Letter of Disengagement to do so.

Some lawyers are just out there signing people up and putting Liens on their files after doing little to no work on the file. We say Shame on You. This needs to be addressed as well.

There are good solid Attorneys out there, the behavior of the few is definitely impacting the reputation of many. We have utilized these attorneys in the past and when needed will do so again, but the playing field has evolved, and as it does so will we.

We will Help you with your BP Settlement

According to Patrick Juneau it will be much easier to establish a baseline of what you should get paid, but documentation will still remain an issue. There are a number of ways to boost your BP Settlement Claims well above the baseline, through BP Settlement documentation. Adjusters can not advice you on legal matters, but they can make sure you get every nickel they owe you, it`s what they do. Also the Attorneys that they have on retainer can advise you when needed.

Here are the sorts of documentation that Licensed Claims Adjusters should be putting together for your Claim.

As always they charge 15% for the standard BP Settlement Claims and 7.5% for large loss claims. There are many other remedies under the BP Settlement for documentation, but this what the Adjusters we work with suggest.

We have been getting many inquiries from Attorney`s, and yes we can help you put together your clients BP claims as well.

1. A.    Claim Documentation

1.  Claim Form – must include:

1. Compensation Period – will provided the analysis necessary to project the time period utilized in the report for projecting loss revenues for clients BP Settlement.

1. Business Compensation Framework – the economic loss claim process by providing the BP Settlement Program with all the reports and documentation necessary

1. Benchmark Period –will conduct the analysis, of over eighty possible historical time periods, to establish the historical time period that generates the highest possible growth trend, to be utilized in the projection of loss revenues during the compensation time period.

1. Supporting Compensation and Benchmark Documents – will assure that all historical and projected time period calculation are supported with the necessary documents to adhere to the BP Settlement Program requirements.

1. Ownership Documents – will satisfy the BP Settlement Program requirements that prove ownership and structure of the business.

1. Tax Returns – for each benchmark and project time frames, will include the Federal returns for each period.

1. Profit and Loss Statements – for each benchmark and project time frames, the income statements for the businesses will be segregated between recoverable expenses and noted with variance from Tax returns.

1. Specific Business Documents – Retailers, Lodgings, Restaurants, and other business entities will be required to provide specific claim documents to the BP Settlement Program. Assure that industry specific documentation is presented in the proper manner to expedite the BP settlement payments.

1. Operating Licenses – will research and assure that all documentation is support of licensing, as required by the Settlement Program, will be supplied and supported.

1. Causation Proximity – will document the businesses’ and individuals’ economic Zone and assure the financial reporting requirements are met for Zone acceptance by the Settlement Program.

1. Variable Profit and Margins – will verify and document the variable and fixed expense during both the Benchmark period and the Compensation period.

1. General Adjustment Factor – will assure all claim reports include the allowed 2% growth trend included during the Compensation period and added to the BP settlement payments.

1. Claim-Specific Factor -  will maintain databases and supporting documents to prove that improvements in local economic conditions are included in the claim reports to deliver addition funds at the time of the BP settlement payment.

We will Help you with your BP Settlement

The BP Settlement is Under Review

  For many of you the words under review are reminders of the GCCF, but the fact is the BP Settlement is being reviewed by Attorneys, Adjusters and Advocacy Groups. The BP Settlement on the whole is favorable for the people it was meant to serve.

The general idea of the BP Settlement is meant to serve the greatest good for the largest amount of people possible.

Our major concern under the BP Settlement continues to be the 2.3 billion dollar cap for Seafood Harvesters, they of all should not have a cap under the BP Settlement.

BP Settlement who we can Assist

The BP Settlement covers economic losses in zones and in regards to Industry. There are maps, there are multipliers, there is trend analysis, and to top it all off it is over 100o pages.We will be publishing everything as we go through the BP Settlement.

The BP Settlement is complex but it does cover more individuals and businesses and due to its nature there will be many more people with Multiple Claims.

We can Help you if you fall into the following BP Settlement Categories:

• Your business suffered losses due to the BP Oil Spill
• You are an individual that suffered losses due to the Oil Spill
• You make a living from the Gulf of Mexico ( Seafood Harvesters)
• Your property or the value of your property was impacted
• You have a Subsistence Claim
• You got Sick from the Oil or the Dispersant Corexit
• Your BP Claims were Denied or are still sitting at the GCCF
• If you need help from Catholic Charities and need immediate aid

BP Settlement Attorneys or Adjusters

We work with Attorneys and Licensed Adjusters that will help you with your BP Settlement Claims, in many instances we recommend using an Adjuster because of their expertise and history of documenting claims as the first step, if during the process of putting together your file for the BP Settlement they think their could be issues,  they may recommend the services of an Attorney.

We are not anti Attorney in anyway, we just feel strongly that Licensed Adjusters have more experience documenting these types of claims, it`s what they do for a living.

When a Hurricane comes through the first people in are the Adjusters that begin to document the economic and physical losses in its aftermath. Due to the nature of the Oil Spill it closely resembles the aftermath of a hurricane. Think of the BP Settlement Fund as an insurance company, do you need an Attorney to handle your insurance claim, only if you are having an issue getting paid by the insurance company. Even though the Settlement is court supervised our Licensed Adjusters have made arrangements for Attorney Representation if needed. So unless it looks like you are going to have issues with your BP Settlement, why pay for the  services of an Attorney. Our Licensed Adjusters have retained the services of Attorneys and have CPA`s on staff.

Though in certain circumstances BP Settlement Attorneys are needed and we are happy to utilize them.

Adjusters Charge from 7.5% -15%, (large loss claims over 1 million dollars start at 7.5%)

Attorneys charge from 20%-40%

All fees are contingent

We will help you with your BP Settlement.