Karen Savage's blog

A few days ago, the Times-Picayune reported that 12,300 Louisiana fishing industry claimants have been paid a total of $357,000,000 for losses due to the BP Oil Drilling Disaster, averaging just over $29,000 per claimant.  [...Read more]

"Deficiency Letter on Interim Payment/Final Payment Claim".  The wording is ominous, but John Gooding, who is visibly ill, is not surprised.  He's received them before and has a feeling he'll be receiving more.  The letter further stated that John was missing documentation necessary to prove he has been "diagnosed with a physical injury/death that resulted from the Spill".  Illness claims are processed under the general GCCF category of physi [...Read more]