The remaining $30 million will be paid into a fund for future settlements, which effectively caps the amount the families can recover.
The pact left for future resolution such issues as Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and the control of sovereignty, exits and entrances, military security and the use of water in those two areas.
The company said this account had been used to pay the American Express legal settlement and would be used to pay for any future settlement of related litigation.
Indeed, the proposed site along the Road to the Future is not being considered for a future settlement partly because of a lack of village consensus, said Akira Oikawa, the head of reconstruction in Minamisanriku, the town that oversees Babanakayama, even though there is enough land there "to accommodate all the houses".
If this is a model for all future settlements, the future looks dim indeed for shareholders and debt holders of hundreds of companies with unresolved claims.
Explained more simply, if an insurer refuses to pay a proposed settlement they could potentially become liable for the full amount of any future settlement or a judgment even if it exceeds their policy limits.
Detailed geological, hydrogeological and geotechnical studies were performed for the assessment of the foundation conditions of the present and future settlement areas of Yenişehir.
Selling Assets for Settlements Just how the different dioceses will get the money to pay for current and future settlements remains unclear, partly because it is hard to know what assets the dioceses have in the first place.
The hardware from later missions will likely be re-purposed or recycled for future lunar settlements.
