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« on: Jul 22nd, 2002, 8:35am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Kenneth R. Feinberg, the special master in charge of the federal program to compensate an estimated 3,200 families of people killed or physically injured in the Sept. 11 attacks, is expected to send out his first batch of award letters this week, possibly as early as today.  
 
Feinberg said Friday that about 15 letters will be issued in the first round, followed by about 30 rulings, some of which will come in 16 test cases developed by a group affiliated with the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA).  
 
The award letters will be posted on the Victim Compensation Fund's Web site(www.usdoj.gov/victimcompensation/) as soon as any family accepts. Families have the option of accepting or asking for a hearing with Feinberg.  
 
There is little doubt that the Internet traffic to the Web site will be jammed. Lawyers working with victims' families are keenly interested in finding out how Feinberg will handle a broad range of issues. Even though Feinberg has created a detailed and dense methodology for computing the awards, many issues lurk in the interstices of the formula.  
 
While the first rulings will focus on Feinberg's application of his own methodology, larger questions concerning exercise of his broad discretion to meet individual needs will be addressed in rulings to follow, especially in the test cases prepared by Trial Lawyers Care, a group of more than 1,400 volunteer lawyers organized by ATLA to provide free representation to victims' families.  
 
( as reported today July 22, 2002 at law.com and the link is http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1024079021242 for the complete article)
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