That family and nine others whose breadwinners were slain by state authorities were to fight 34 years before state compensation was granted.
Many airlines are now clamoring for state compensation for losses estimated by the aviation industry at $1.7 billion following the cancellation of more than 100,000 flights.
But the remedy of state compensation eventually was abused to the point of scandal, in the view of the governor and the mining industry.
The man, Patrick Waller, imprisoned from 1992 to 2008, received a lump sum under a state compensation law that a lawyer, Kevin Glasheen, lobbied for on behalf of 13 wrongly convicted clients.
They suspect that several years ago the giant insurer booked workers' compensation premiums incorrectly, and thus may have avoided paying its share of state compensation funds.See articleAmerica's economy slowed in the first quarter of the year.
Knowing the shaky ground on which the apology stands amid longstanding conservative calls to rescind or revise it, what many comfort women have sought is an official Japanese government apology (a cabinet decision) and state compensation.
Given the hodgepodge of state compensation laws, an exonerated prisoner's chances of receiving any significant sum depend on the state where he was convicted and whether he can find a lawyer willing to litigate a difficult case.
"It's an interesting twist," said Professor Schwab, noting that most attempts to standardize state compensation practices are the work of insurance companies and other business interests, trying to limit payouts.
PYRGOS, Greece, Aug. 30 (Reuters) — Thousands of Greeks besieged banks on Thursday, clamoring for state compensation for damage caused by the country's worst wildfires, a few of which still burned one week into the crisis.
They have linked it to all the knotty problems of the Middle East, demanding the creation of a Palestinian state, compensation for lives and property lost in southern Lebanon, and an immediate Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights.
