What Is Life Worth?: The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11
The Inside Story of the 9/11 Fund and Its Effort to Compensate the Victims of September 11th
$47.51
- Paperback
213 pages
- Release Date
29 August 2006
Summary
Just days after September 11, 2001, Kenneth Feinberg was appointed to administer the federal 9⁄11 Victim Compensation Fund, a unique, unprecedented fund established by Congress to compensate families who lost a loved one on 9⁄11 and survivors who were physically injured in the attacks. Those who participated in the Fund were required to waive their right to sue the airlines involved in the attacks, as well as other potentially responsible entities. When the program was launched, many families…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781586484514 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1586484516 |
| Author: | Kenneth Feinberg |
| Publisher: | PublicAffairs |
| Imprint: | PublicAffairs,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 213 |
| Release Date: | 29 August 2006 |
| Weight: | 277g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 126mm x 205mm |
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Kenneth Feinberg
Kenneth R. Feinberg, one of the nation’s leading lawyers, has been front and centre in some of the most complex public legal disputes of the past three decades: Agent Orange, asbestos, the closing of the Shoreham Nuclear Plant, and now, 9⁄11. A former prosecutor and member of two Presidential Commissions, he is also adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, and New York University.
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