Sentences with phrase «disaster victim compensation»

Additionally, Feinberg currently serves as the government - appointed administrator of the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Victim Compensation Fund.

In the BP case, he says, Feinberg required plaintiffs to sign a «Release and Covenant Not to Sue» in order to receive payments from the $ 20 billion BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Victim Compensation Fund.

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Sooner or later she'd be in trouble, either victim or perpetrator, and sooner or later he or one of seven other local lawyers would be called upon to defend her, or whomever had hurt her, a distasteful task in a world in which no social problem was addressed till it was a disaster, no compensation.

Schechter, McElwee, Shaffer & Harris is one of the only personal injury law firms in the state of Texas to have a proven track record of recovering compensation for the victims of major disasters.

These disasters are sometimes caused by the negligence of companies or their employees, and bringing a mass tort action in these situations can help the victims by bringing justice and compensation.

A Quebec judge rejected Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.'s challenge to a settlement for victims of the Lac - Mégantic crude - by - rail disaster on Monday, clearing the way for compensation payments