JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The administrator of BP's $20 billion oil spill fund says Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood could undermine the claims process by urging a court to intervene and by making allegations that border on defamation.
Hood called those statements, made Tuesday in a court filing in Louisiana, "surreal." Hood said he just wants the fund's administrator, Washington lawyer Kenneth Feinberg, to make the claims process more transparent so people will know if he's looking out for best interest of oil spill victims or BP PLC.
The dispute heated up after Feinberg's lawyers filed the 12-page motion Tuesday in federal court in Louisiana. It accuses Hood of making "unsupported and damaging assertions" about the claims process. Feinberg was responding to documents has filed that ask the court to audit the claims process.
Hood told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he believes Feinberg's claims facility is intentionally delaying and denying legitimate claims to force people to take the so-called Quick Pay option.
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