Property Appraisers Authorized To Provide Interim Assessments
Please see the attached Executive Order 10-169, authorizing property appraisers to provide interim assessments of properties affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. Property appraisers in the 26 counties under the current state of emergency are granted authorization to provide an interim assessment of any property that may have declined in value due to the oil spill. Property owners can then use the interim assessments to substantiate claims against BP or other responsible parties.
Rumrell Law speaks to CNNMoney.com about oil spill damages
“A lot of our clients are business people and they are not in the business to file lawsuits, so if there is a way for them to get compensation without filing a lawsuit, that is what most people want,” said Lindsey Brock, trial attorney and partner with Rumwell Law in Jacksonville, Fla. “The majority of the people that we have been talking to are waiting to see exactly what the damages are going to be.”
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