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Dustlawyer

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11. K&R!!! The real truth is that BP wrote most of this deal and they love the "V" curve requirement.
Wed May 21, 2014, 10:53 PM
May 2014

This is what the business claim must have in order to get paid, an accounting graph that shows a drop in income in 2010 and a recovery in 2011. Many businesses did not see an uptick until 2012 or not at all and went out of business. BP knows that they avoid paying many more valid claims than they might have to pay ones without being able to prove causation. They want their cake and eat it too.
Another reason is that they have been able to stall already for 8 months on payments. They are dragging this out as long as the Courts will let them. We have several thousand clients that opted out of this Class Settlement. We filed suit, BP had the cases transferred to Judge Barbier in New Orleans, and the Judge has stated that these "Opted Out" case ses will not be dealt with at all until the Class Action settlement is completed. It is over 4 years and we haven't been able to do anything to advance their cases.
Poor BP, the victim!!!

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