Alan D. Aviles, president of the Health and Hospitals Corporation, said the settlement "is not meant to put a value on a life and the loss of a loved one".
The Dinkins administration rejected a formula, such as one using a grant or a tax abatement, that would place a value on a project's social or environmental undesirability.
"Put a value on a Picasso," Mr. Laffey said.
Placing a value on a company is always a tricky business.
So, either implicitly or explicitly, we unavoidably place a value on a year of human life.
It is hard to put a value on a firm's good name.
Trying to place a value on a domain name seemed murky at best.
The questions were presented inside the head mounted display and participants responded to the questions using a mouse to indicate a value on a visual analog scale.
Trop., to measure, estimate, judge one thing by another; also simply to measure, estimate, judge of, set a value on a thing.
If courts can put a value on a human life, as they frequently do, should a person be free to sell his life for that value or higher?
