Toxic Substances

• BP Settlement Offers Made in 5% of Claims

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | September 07, 2012 11:03 AM | 2 CommentsKey West, FL

  In the last several weeks, the BP Court-Supervised Settlement Program has begun making offers to Gulf Coast residents and businesses that submitted claims under the terms of the...

• Opt Out Deadline for BP Settlement Extended to November 1

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | August 28, 2012 5:54 PM | 0 CommentsKey West, FL

  This week Judge Carl Barbier, who is presiding over the BP class action settlement that was reached in March of this year, issued an order extending the opt-out deadline for class members...

• BP Claimant Town Hall Meeting This Week

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | August 07, 2012 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsKey West, FL

  Potential BP Claimants mark your calendars! This week in St. Pete Beach there will be a town hall meeting to discuss the BP Settlement, highlight upcoming important dates, and have your...

• Mark Your Calendars for Upcoming BP Settlement Town Hall Meetings

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | July 30, 2012 2:54 PM | 0 CommentsKey West, FL

  There will be lots of activity related to the BP Settlement over the next several months. The Court-Supervised Settlement Program is already in operation and expected to begin making the...

• Compensation for Crews of Commercial Fishermen

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | July 19, 2012 11:44 AM | 0 CommentsKey West, FL

  The Seafood Compensation Program doesn’t only compensate commercial fishing businesses. Individuals who were employed by commercial fishermen and suffered economic losses due to the...

• Seafood Compensation Program Claim Categories

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | July 12, 2012 10:08 AM | 0 CommentsKey West, FL

  One of the major components of the BP Settlement is the “Seafood Compensation Program”. This portion of the settlement is a $2.3 billion compensation program targeted...

• BP Settlement Program Expected to Begin Paying Claims This Month

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | July 02, 2012 11:25 AM | 0 CommentsKey West, FL

  The Court-Appointed Claims Administrator for the BP Settlement Program has announced that claimants could be seeing payments as early as mid-July. This is good news for Gulf Coast residents...

• Participation in BP Settlement Requires Action from Claimants

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | June 15, 2012 1:00 PM | 0 CommentsKey West, FL

  Some class-action settlements require relatively little action from class members who wish to participate. Just being a member of the class may be sufficient to receive benefits from the...

• Individuals and Businesses Can Now Submit Claims under BP Settlement

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | June 07, 2012 1:20 PM | 0 CommentsKey West, FL

  On Monday of this week, the BP Court-Supervised Settlement Program officially launched. While claims previously filed with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility have continued to be processed...

• Don't Miss Out: Town Hall Meetings on BP Settlement This Week

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | May 31, 2012 8:04 AM | 0 CommentsKey West, FL

  From Key West up the west coast of Florida to the Panhandle, a group of law firms are holding a series of town hall meetings to help Gulf Coast businesses file claims related to the 2010...