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Originally Posted by theking
That is about right...except that...unless I am mistaken...even though those that have accepted a payout still have the right to sue...and I don't think it is a BP lawyer that is in charge of the payouts. One of the reasons that payouts are not being made faster is because of fraudulent claims and frivolous claims. Hundreds of thousands of claims have come in from all fifty states and all of them have to be investigated. Thousands of fraudulent claims have been turned over to the AG and some will probably be prosecuted.
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All that I said above was just reported in a tv news spot here, not 10 minutes before I saw this thread. They went quite in-depth with interviews of local fishermen in particular, people who actually have their livelihoods at stake.
They also made it a point to disclose the part about the BP lawyer who is handling the payouts. Showed his picture, showed a few brief clips of the guy, and included how much money he is being paid. So that's why I mentioned it.
I agree about the incredible mess of having to investigate validity of all the claims. I think the point of the news article (and this thread I would think) is that in amongst all of that mess there are still a lot of people down there who have legitimate claims who haven't had their claims approved, haven't been paid, or haven't been getting their ongoing payments quick enough.
And it was also stated that some who signed those one-time payout agreements are finding out now that those agreements included a claus which says they can't later sue BP for any further compensations. Which is kind of their own fault really, as people do need to read over anything like that carefully before signing. But I also realize there is a language barrier thing with a lot of folks in that area, so perhaps BP's people should have realized that and maybe done more to make sure those people knew in full what they were signing and agreeing to?