The BP Compensation Fund is the financial trust created to compensate those affected by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The BP Compensation Fund provides money to those who participated in the cleanup, those who were affected by the spill, those whose businesses were adversely affected by the spill and cleanup, and communities whose economies were affected. Do you have a health condition arising from your contact with the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill? Did you participate in the cleanup effort or come into contact with dispersants? Did you lease your boat to the cleanup effort? You may be entitled to a portion of settlement funds.

If you believe that your acute or chronic health condition entitles you to some of the BP Deepwater Horizon settlement, having experienced counsel help you attain your fair share is critical. Barrett Law has expertise in BP Oil Spill litigation and has the experience to help you through this process. Contact us now at (800) 707-9577.

Options for Those Deserving Compensation from the BP Oil Spill Settlement Fund

If you are owed your fair share of compensation as a result of the 2010 BP Oil Spill, its cleanup, and its aftermath, you must first submit a “proof of claim” form. You must submit your form to the BP Oil Spill Claims Administrator, the administrative body tasked with deciding who receives payment, who does not, and how much anyone receives. Our office can help you fill out this form, even if deadlines have passed or if the Claims Administrator has previously denied your claims. Appeal processes exist, but you will need the help of an experienced BP Oil Spill attorney to help you successfully navigate the appeals process. Your application or appeal documentation must include all documentation of property damage or medical bills associated with your claim.

If the Claims Administrator does not accept your claim, you can still file a notice of intent to sue. This is a step that requires the help of an experienced BP Oil Spill attorney, as it will require a significant number of legal filings in the appropriate courts.

Regardless of whether your claim is accepted or you are forced to sue, you will have the option to mediate your case. In mediation, the parties speak more frankly and try to find a middle ground upon which to settle the case.

What Should You Do If You Were Injured or Harmed By the 2010 BP Oil Spill?

You deserve your fair share of compensation for physical, emotional, and economic harms you suffered as a result of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. If you were injured or developed a health condition as a result of the spill or its cleanup, you are due compensation for your medical costs, loss of work, and ongoing pain and suffering. You may have heard that it is too late to file a claim or that there is no longer a way to attain compensation for your damages. You may also be able to submit a new application if your earlier attempts were unsuccessful. Don’t let rumors and misleading information get in the way of attaining compensation—the exclusive way to fully understand your options is to hire an attorney with extensive experience in getting BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill claims paid.

Call Barrett Law now, an experienced Mississippi BP Oil Spill law firm, to represent you if you were harmed as a result of the Spill. Barrett Law has the experience to take on defense attorneys that are focused on denying your compensation for the harm you experienced.  Contact us now at (800) 707-9577.

I am pleased to see so many 2010 BP Oil Spill cleanup workers’ cases working their way through the courts across the Gulf region. As these cases progress, troubling facts have emerged through the discovery process about the actions that were taken against cleanup workers.  I will discuss those facts below but want to underscore that is still not too late to claim your fair share of compensation for any harm or injuries you suffered as a result of your cleanup work.

Do you have a health condition arising from your cleanup work on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill? Did your participation in the cleanup effort result in contact with dispersants? You may be entitled to a portion of settlement funds. If you think your health condition entitles you to some of the BP Deepwater Horizon settlement, having experienced counsel help you attain your fair share is critical. Barrett Law has expertise in BP Oil Spill litigation and has the experience to help you through this process.  Contact us now at (800) 707-9577.

Ongoing “Back-End Litigation” Against B

Cleanup workers that develop health conditions and choose not to pursue a workers’ compensation claim may engage the Back-End Litigation Option or BELO against BP.  Cleanup workers have frequently filed BELO suits because of late-developing chronic illnesses caused by exposure to the oil or dispersants.  Chemicals present in the oil and dispersants are known to cause vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pains, dizziness, chest pains, skin irritation, respiratory system damage, central nervous system depression, and cancer. These hazards were known to BP at the time of the Spill.

The cleanup workers’ BELO cases allege that BP ordered them to work long days around toxic oil and dispersants without giving any warnings regarding the health hazards caused by that work. BP failed to make safety equipment available to cleanup workers, and when workers attempted to wear respirators, they were forced to remove them.

BP claims that the work conditions that spill cleanup workers were exposed to were within legal parameters and that any subsequent health conditions are actually preexisting conditions and not caused by spill work whatsoever.  I suspect that as these claims move forward, expert and scientific witnesses will be able to distinguish situations that were clearly caused by spill response work from those unrelated to the Gulf Spill.

What Should You Do If You Were Injured or Harmed By the 2010 BP Oil Spill Cleanup?

If you were one of the thousands of cleanup workers who fought to clean up the Gulf region in the aftermath of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, you deserve compensation for harms caused as a result of that work. As I have written above, it is now coming to light that many oil spill workers were placed in harmful positions during the Spill cleanup and that those directing the work hindered efforts to protect workers’ health. If you were injured or developed a health condition as a result of your cleanup work, you may be due compensation for your medical costs, loss of work, and ongoing pain and suffering. To fully understand your options, hire an attorney with extensive experience in getting BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill claims paid.

Call Barrett Law now, an experienced Mississippi BP Oil Spill law firm, to represent you if you were harmed as a result of the Spill. Barrett Law has the experience to take on defense attorneys that are focused on denying your compensation for the harm you experienced.  Contact us now at (800) 707-9577.  Our Mississippi BP Oil Spill Attorney looks forward to making a difference for you.

As everyone in the Gulf region is aware, there have been many settlements of BP Oil Spill cases. Do not let anyone tell you that you have missed your chance to receive your fair share of compensation for oil spill damage or cleanup work.  There is still no end in sight to litigation and compensation for many of those affected by the spill. I have written about some of the recent and novel approaches to attaining compensation, as the following claim overviews from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Tampa Bay Lightning illustrate. The following blog post again highlights the fact that there remain many creative cases regarding the oil spill, some of which will result in significant compensation.

Do you have a health condition arising from your contact with the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill? Did you participate in the cleanup effort or come into contact with dispersants? You may be entitled to a portion of settlement funds. If you think your health condition entitles you to some of the BP Deepwater Horizon settlement, having experienced counsel help you attain your fair share is critical. Barrett Law has expertise in BP Oil Spill litigation and has the experience to help you through this process.  Contact us now at (800) 707-9577.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Lightning Have Both Received Significant Oil Spill Settlements

If you live in the Gulf region, you likely know many people who were impacted negatively by the B.P. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.  Whether it was the loss of a business, financial ruin, or health problems, the Spill continues to have lasting, adverse effects on the region. To make matters worse, many of those affected have had claims denied or have been otherwise unable to be fully compensated for their physical, emotional, and economic injury. As a result, I found it intriguing that both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers football team and the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team had both received payouts from the B.P. Spill compensation fund.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been in the news lately because they tried to seal the courtroom from outside observers as they argue that their share of the BP Settlement was too small. I have seen individuals here in the Gulf be denied thousands of dollars for injuries that will likely linger the rest of their lives.  The Buccaneers still feel that they are owed millions of dollars. I was encouraged that the court of appeals denied the Buccaneers request to seal the courtroom, holding that “The public will be able to access the courtroom it pays for.” The Tampa Bay Lightning also claim to be owed millions from the B.P. Settlement but did not contest having an open hearing.

If these large corporations can continue to fight for more money under the B.P. Oil Spill settlement, I feel strongly that individual Gulf residents and companies should be able to as well.

What Should You Do If You Were Injured or Harmed By the 2010 BP Oil Spill?

If you were injured or developed one of the above health conditions as a result of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill or its cleanup, you are due compensation for your medical costs, loss of work, and ongoing pain and suffering. You may have heard that it is too late to file a claim or that there is no longer a way to attain compensation for your damages. You may also be able to submit a new application if your earlier attempts were unsuccessful. Don’t let rumors and misleading information get in the way of attaining compensation—the exclusive way to fully understand your options is to hire an attorney with extensive experience in getting BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill claims paid.

Call Barrett Law now, an experienced Mississippi BP Oil Spill law firm, to represent you if you were harmed as a result of the Spill. Barrett Law has the experience to take on defense attorneys that are focused on denying your compensation for the harm you experienced.  Contact us now at (800) 707-9577.

While there has been a settlement in many of the BP Oil Spill cases, there is still no end in sight to litigation and compensation for those affected by the spill.  The first question people ask me when we start discussing Spill settlements is, “what is the process for getting paid for the harm my family and I have suffered?” To answer this question, and the many others that stem from it, I wrote the following blog.

Were you affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill? Did you participate in the cleanup effort or come into contact with dispersants? Those activities may entitle you to a portion of settlement funds. If you think you are entitled to some of the BP Deepwater Horizon settlement, having experienced counsel help you attain your fair share is critical. Barrett Law has expertise in Gulf oil spill litigation and has the experience to help you through this process.  Contact us now at (800) 707-9577.

BP is Not Done Paying Out Oil Spill-Related Claims

If the BP Oil Spill injured you or caused you physical, emotional, or economic damages, you are due financial compensation for those injuries. BP and its subsidiaries settled their case with the federal government and Gulf states, agreeing to pay for removal of oil from the Gulf, treatment of medical issues arising from the spill and its cleanup, business profit lost due to oil in the Gulf environment, and other damages. To attain your fair share of compensation, you will need the help of an experienced oil spill attorney and will need to follow the following steps.

Step One—Your first step is to submit evidence of a medical condition, business loss, or any other damages to the claim fund’s administrator.  This submission must contain all evidence supporting your case, damages, and reasons that you deserve compensation now. I have done this sort of submission for clients and can help you determine what needs to be submitted.

Step Two—Submit a notice of intent to sue.  This submission triggers your inclusion as a plaintiff in the legal claims against BP and its subsidiaries. Again, can prepare this document for you.

Step Three—Decide whether you would like to engage in mediation or not.  Mediation is the opportunity for the parties in a lawsuit to sit down and try to settle claims without going to court.  You are under no obligation to mediate your case, but you must decide whether or not this is an option you will elect to try. I can help provide you with the pros and cons to mediation and will help you regardless of your decision.

Step Four—You may have to request a “notice of review” if the claim administrator denied your initial claim.

What Should You Do If You Were Injured or Harmed By the 2010 BP Oil Spill?

If you were harmed as a result of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill or its cleanup, you are due compensation for your losses. You may have heard that it is too late to file a claim or that there is no longer a way to attain compensation for your damages. You may also be able to submit a new application if your earlier attempts were unsuccessful. Don’t let rumors and misleading information get in the way of attaining compensation—the exclusive way to fully understand your options is to hire an attorney with extensive experience in getting BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill claims paid.

Call Barrett Law now, an experienced Mississippi BP Oil Spill law firm, to represent you if you were harmed as a result of the Spill. Barrett Law has the experience to take on defense attorneys that are focused on denying your compensation for the harm you experienced.  Contact us now at (800) 707-9577.

People here in Mississippi that were harmed by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill often come to me with the same refrain, “there’s no more money to distribute,” or “BP has already paid all the money it’s going to pay.” I always try to disabuse people of these notions, as there is still more money to pay for damages to those whom BP harmed. A great example of this is the fact that BP recently gave the government of Mexico—not the fishermen, not the citizens—$25 million related to the BP oil spill. That money appears to me to be in trade for continuing to remain silent regarding the spill and its effects on Mexican fisheries and people.

Were you affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill? Did you participate in the cleanup effort or come into contact with dispersants? Did you rent out your boat to those participating in the cleanup effort? Any of those activities may entitle you to a portion of settlement funds. If you think you are entitled to some of the BP Deepwater Horizon settlement, having experienced counsel help you attain your fair share is critical. Barrett Law has expertise in Gulf oil spill litigation and has the experience to help you through this process.  Contact us now at (800) 707-9577.

Mexico Receives 2018 Payment

As is common knowledge at this point, BP has agreed to pay more than $60 billion in the United States for its actions that resulted in the Deepwater Horizon spill and its aftermath.  Now, over eight years later, Mexico settled with BP for $25.5 million. This settlement comes in trade for Mexico dropping its lawsuit against BP, but must be seen in a broader context. BP has also entered into multiple multi-million dollar deals with the Mexican government recently and settling their case likely played in Mexico’s favor to attain these deals.

As in the U.S, the big question surrounding the Mexican settlement is whether any of the funds in question will reach those affected and harmed by the spill. 10,000 Mexican fisherman are still suing BP for the physical and economic harm they suffered as a result of the spill. It appears that the Mexican government ignored scientific evidence that could have been used to bolster its legal case against BP.

I am confident that all of this seems very familiar to those suffering in Mississippi and other Gulf states. The point of this blog post is not to go too in-depth regarding Mexico’s secretive settlement with BP, it is to underscore that if BP was able to come up with $25.5 million along with other multi-million dollar investments, they likely have the funds available to fully compensate folks here in the U.S. that continue to suffer as a result of their recklessness connected to the Deepwater Horizon spill and its aftermath.

What Should You Do If You Were Injured or Harmed By the 2010 BP Oil Spill?

If you were harmed as a result of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill or its cleanup, you might be due compensation for your losses. You may have heard that it is too late to file a claim or that there is no longer a way to attain compensation for your damages. The only way to understand your options is to hire an attorney with extensive experience in getting BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill claims paid.

Call Barrett Law now, an experienced Mississippi BP Oil Spill law firm, to represent you if you were harmed as a result of the Spill. Barrett Law has the experience to take on oil spill defense attorneys that are focused on denying your compensation for the harm you experienced.  Contact us now at (800) 707-9577.