AG asks court to take control of Feinberg claims process
JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood has filed a motion asking the federal judge handling the BP multi-district litigation to take control of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility claims process.
A “Statement of Interest on Behalf of the State of Mississippi” was filed late Monday in the United States District Court in the Eastern District of Louisiana. Hood’s statement to U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier asks the court to take control in order “to correct the deficiencies in the GCCF as outlined in the PSC’s Motion and in this Statement of Interest, in order to facilitate the timely and just processing of claims.”
The statement further notes that the attorney general has the authority, standing and duty to vindicate the rights of Mississippi citizens and businesses before the court.
Sun Herald
1/25/11
Magnolia Tribune
