rssMore on Inconsistencies in Gulf Oil Spill Claims Decisions
Friday, October 29, 2010 at 5:01 pm
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Following up on my post yesterday on inconsistencies in the Gulf oil spill claims process, I thought I’d share this email I received from Gary Eichler, who runs a charter fishing company in Naples, Fla.
We are a charter fishing/eco-tour company in Naples, Fla. While we received four claim checks through our local BP Claims office beginning in May, the experience to date under the Feinberg regime has been a disaster. We submitted paperwork under the GCCF guidelines in September and 57 days later our claim is still under review. It has been escalated no less than six times due to the tentative nature of our business. Still no sense of urgency on their behalf.
Meanwhile, charter captains fishing out of the same marina where we have our 3 boats have been paid. Fishing businesses located 25 minutes from where we are were paid last week, one guide received a check for $40,000. These people submitted their paperwork after we did.
I had NBC and ABC come down and do a feature on us yesterday which aired three times on the evening news broadcasts. Ironically, I received a phone call from a GCCF Supervisor not 60 seconds after the first one aired at 5:00. Even with that she could only tell me that our claim was under review and she couldn’t give me a date when it would be completed. Same story, different day. It has turned into a case of cruel and unusual punishment.
A friend of mine owns a restaurant on Sanibel Island which is a gorgeous barrier island about an hour north of Naples. Although her employess have had claims paid along with neighboring restaurants and a jewelry store, she is being denied.
The cruelest part of her story is that she received a phone call from a GCCF Supervisor last Friday stating that her claim had been approved. They called back on Saturday to tell her that she was on a priority list to have funds wired to her account on Monday. At noon on Monday, after the funds had not been received she called the supervisor and was told that her claim had been DENIED. She is being evicted from her restaurant property at 5:00 today.
This process is the worst experience of my business life. Out of control, inept and run with no rhyme or reason. Zero transparency, cannot speak with anyone to discuss the specifics of our case.
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These are great reports Andrew. Really important. Keep it up!!!
Comment posted October 31, 2010 @ 10:25 pm
i am a fisherman in panama city fla. my claim for 10 grand for six months lost wages has been under review since day one of the gccf take over. the gccf has sent to private investigators to speak with me which i gladly did and they still have my claim under review after 73 days. thats correct 73 days ten thousand total.
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Comment posted November 1, 2010 @ 4:45 pm
Feeling you're pain brother. I just found out I got denied. I have a legitimate claim and have all the documentation to prove it. You're right zero transparency and extremely frustrating. I'm going to appeal my denial but who knows how long that will take. I'm so @$#%ing upset I can't see straight. I have only worked 2 weeks since the end of June. I work offshore in the oil and gas industry and only get paid when and if I am at work. Thus I had clear cut documentation showing I had not received money nor had I worked up until about a month ago for 1 week and then home for a week and then at work for a week and now I have been home for 4 weeks. Geez GCCF (the government is so screwed up).
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ya'll are living in America, and y'all did not know what to do but complaints and complaints…Y'all needed lawyer asap stupi……dddude!!!
Comment posted November 13, 2010 @ 5:21 am
First BP ruined our lives…now GCCF. They leave us in limbo just to deny our legitimate claims. The oil spill injured my life, originally with a reduction of hours leading up to losing my job, then GCCF denies my claim saying that I did nt suffer damages. At this point, GCCF is the one killing me. But if you work at a convenience store, grocery store, dry cleaners, realtor, etc…I guess you hit the jackpot.
GCCF’s denial of my legitimate claim has put the final nail in my coffin. I am now losing everything. They are nt following their own Bill of Rights. I have not been treated fairly.
I think a class action needs to be formed against GCCF.
Feinberg promises, promises, promises as he brings in $850,000 a month. My family is starving…losing everything.
I will never go to another BP station. And GCCF is responsible for the murder of me and my family. Thank you feinberg. Thank you GCCF. Have a happy holiday while my family lives below they national poverty level. Thank you for your promises…btw–who appointed this A**hole to ruin our lives?
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