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Florida Oil Spill Law

Tears: At my wits’ end — I’ve lost my job because of BP oil disaster… now I’m going to lose my home (VIDEO)

Residents at Feinberg meeting: LIE! LIE! You are such a lying piece of s**t... while talking about health problems

Attorney General: “More people were concerned with health issues than claims” — “I’m trying to get people access to some medical care” (VIDEO)

BP gives Feinberg a raise of almost 50% (VIDEO)

Charter boat captain catches zero tuna during peak of season at famous hot spot — Usually 40 boats fishing there, now only two (VIDEO)

Massive BP boycott in works (VIDEO)

BP complains that Feinberg's settlement terms are "TOO GENEROUS"

Feinberg’s GCCF Ohio “processing” center busted — “They don’t process one claim here… exact opposite of what we have been told” says official (VIDEO)

“Really Laughable”: 5 people deciding which of 500,000 claims are paid (VIDEO)

Judge seizes jurisidiction over BP’s $16 billion oil disaster trust fund — claims of independence were misleading

Denied: ZERO appealed claims have been approved according to Feinberg

Duress: Mississippi says BP is violating state law by requiring claimants to sign away their right to sue

“Full Oil Spill Recovery By 2012… NOT!” — 2005 red tide still impacting Florida fishermen (VIDEO)

Feinberg refuses to disclose amount of his additional PERSONAL compensation from BP -- "Private information" (VIDEO)

Only ONE final payment has been made to oil disaster victims — And it was to a BP business partner

Tears: Seafood restaurant done after 19 years — NO “fresh shrimp, oysters, and not a single flounder” in cooler since oil disaster (VIDEO)

BP is paying to retrain fishermen so they can get “a new stable job”

Gov't funding retraining for those who "will not be able to return to their previous lines of employment" because of oil disaster

Bumble Bee Seafood shuts down processing plant near New Orleans, moves to Thailand -- Official blames oil disaster

“Strong police presence” at Feinberg’s town hall meetings as local officials reference Arizona massacre

“Some say what he is doing is criminal”: Feinberg and BP are holding the people “hostage” according to Business Support Center

Censored: Mayor says people who “act up” at Feinberg meeting WILL GO TO JAIL — Then Fox 10 removes statement from website (PHOTO)

Russian government now largest shareholder in BP — “Will almost certainly complicate the politics of levying and collecting damages” from Gulf oil disaster says Congressman

Mayor: Don’t settle with BP’s Feinberg — “We don’t know what’s out there in the Gulf” (VIDEO)

Doomed: “They destroyed our lives” says business owner — “I’m done. It’s just too much. I’m about ready for counseling”

Florida Paper: “Oil Spill Devastates Economy”

52%: Church feeds 1,200 people in coastal Alabama town with population of only 2,300 — “They’ve all been directly affected by the Gulf oil spill”

To feed their children Gulf residents "have sold their furniture, their TVs"; "Picking up aluminum cans"

“I have nowhere left to turn”: BP refuses claim of “gravely ill” cleanup worker — “Can never recover money for medical bills and other expenses”

At least two suicides linked to BP disaster -- "If it wasn't for my children, I probably would have already committed suicide" says shrimper (AUDIO)

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