Florida’s hospitality industry is seeking legal help as it pursues compensation from BP PLC for revenue lost to the giant Gulf of Mexico oil spill, saying the claims process is too complicated for individual businesses to navigate alone.

Many hotels and restaurants in the state have been unable to obtain payments from BP for their claims or were paid pennies on the dollar, the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association said Wednesday.

During a press conference in Orlando, the group also said it doesn’t see the situation improving now that the oil-spill compensation fund is being administered by Kenneth Feinberg, the federal appointee recently put in charge of the process.

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