dojP000600.xml

dojP000600.xml

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2002-03-07

Thursday, March 07, 2002 10:01 AM
PAIN & SUFFERING

Can someone please explain to me the logic behind the formula used to
determine the award for "pain and suffering". I can understand making the
amount of recovery identical for each victim. And if I understand the
concept of the "pain and suffering" award correctly (paid for the pain and
suffering of the victim, NOT THE PAIN AND SUFFERING OF THE SURVIVING
FAMILY) how then do you determine that if a victim with 10 children was
killed instantaneously, their award is so much greater than that for a
single victim with no children that was alive and trapped in sheer hell for
1 1/2 hours. Is the award the way you present it then, not based on the
suffering of the victim but, based instead on the suffering of the family?
Something does not make sense here. My son worked for on the 104th floor of Tower 1. The tapes of the 9-1-1 log (which are a matter
of public record) prove that there were people alive and trapped on the
very high floors of 1WTC begging for help for at least one hour or more of
pure hell after the plane hit. Don't tell me that THEY did not suffer!
And don't tell me that having children (and the more children that you
have) increased your suffering! Your formula for "pain and suffering" is
UNFAIR.

2002-03-07