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WTF is $11K in the face of decimated property values, a ruined ecology, and a gigantic question mark for the personal health of anybody within miles of ground zero?
What a slap in the face. I’d be jihadi-levels of pissed off.
That's less than $11k per claim but a large chunk of that will be eaten up by the lawyers. It honestly needs to be at least an order of magnitude higher.
From the article: “Anyone who lived within 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) of the derailment can get up to $70,000 per household for property damage plus up to $25,000 per person for health problems. The payments drop off the farther people lived from the derailment down to as little as a few hundred dollars at the outer edges.”
My parents and my brother live in the 2-4 mile range and when they got their paperwork it was up to $45,000 per household.
So the money isn’t divided equally between the 55,000 claims.
Good day to be a lawyer I suppose, and anyone in East Palestine who likes $3
When my parents and my brother received their paperwork it was a different amount depending on how close you are to the wreckage site. 2-4 miles away was initially listed as $45,000.
$600 million / 55,000 claims = ~$10,000
Not a great deal imo but not exactly $3 either
You do know the lawyer is gonna take a huge chunk of that right?
÷ 2 = ~$5,000
... after the layers get their half.
this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2024
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