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...Numbers $15,580 each is the amount Gurkha veterans who survived Japanese prisoner of war camps are suing the British government for in a case that began hearings last week; the U.K. didn't include them in its payout to pows, saying Gurkhas were not in the British Army...
Although the endowment has decreased over the past two years, its payout has increased in recent years, with endowment spending rising annually in the last decade. In FY97, pay-outs added up to only $328 million compared to last year’s total of more than twice that amount...
From a practical point of view, Feinberg's ability to help claimants is limited. A few of the fund's more controversial regulations--the litigation waiver; life insurance must be deducted from any potential payout--were designed by Congress. But how much each family receives is at Feinberg's discretion. Claimants can appeal Feinberg's decision--to Feinberg or to one of 30 specially appointed hearing examiners--or they can reject it and sue, although Congress has stacked the deck against any lawsuit's succeeding. Congress also neglected to put a cap on how much Feinberg can give the families...
...lone child-care provider and have yet to return to work. In the days before the first awards were handed out, Feinberg, who usually sleeps four hours a night, was down to just three, fretting over the fact that the families will receive his judgments not just as a payout but as an epitaph for their loved ones. "It's very, very important that I be fair," he says. "If I am--and I think I will be--I think 90% will come to the fund...
...billion to $6 billion Expected total payout of government compensation to victims' families...