Kenneth Feinberg urged claimants who are denied compensation from BP Plc’s $20 billion oil-spill fund to try again with a fresh application.
The Gulf Coast Claims Facility, which Feinberg runs, has made errors in the five months it has been paying victims of the largest U.S. spill, he said today in a speech to the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association in Wesley Chapel.
“We’re trying to do the right thing,” Feinberg said.
Victims whose emergency claims have been rejected should resubmit the application to receive a possible interim or final payment, Feinberg said. The 471,000 claims for compensation that has been filed exceeded its forecast, and that has led to inconsistencies in judging the claims, he said.
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