It Figures

90

Number of workplace deaths recorded in New York City last year, according to the Dept. of Labor. About a third of those deaths were due to construction accidents. The leading cause of death was a fall from a substantial height; 25 people died that way last year. Overall, the 90 deaths were up slightly from last year, but still among the lowest annual number since the agency began tracking in 1992.

$1.3 Million

Amount stolen by Connecticut insurance agent Thomas Cipriano in a Ponzi Scheme, to which he admitted last month. The 54-year-old, who owned Waterbury-based insurance and financial services firms Cipriano Agency and Selective Benefits Group, lost most of his clients’ money gambling. He faces up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $3 million

$2.5 Million

Amount awarded to a Baltimore brother and sister in a lead paint case. Lawyers for 20-year-old Dontae Wallace and 17-year-old Searra Wallace claimed the siblings’ cognitive and behavioral disabilities are due in part to lead paint in a house rented from City Homes Inc., a nonprofit. Their mother said she moved to the home because of lead paint in another home, and was told by the nonprofit it was safe.The Baltimore-based Kennedy Krieger Institute was a defendant at first in the case but was later dropped. A study by the institute sought more cost-effective lead-paint removal measures, and a state appeals court found researchers failed to properly warn families about risks of homes in the study.

$1 Million

Amount awarded to a former Cape Cod country club employee who said she was laid off because of her age. Virginia DiIorio, 64, was one of 13 employees let go by the Willowbend Country Club in October 2005. Club officials claim she was let go because of her high salary and because she spent her winters out-of-state. But the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination ruled against the club, based partially on a statement by a manager that the club wanted to “bring in some younger blood.”

6,322

Number of driving citations issued by Delaware’s The Office of Highway Safety during a recently completed safe-driving campaign. Tthat’s an increase of nearly 4,000 compared to a similar, three-month campaign last year. Office spokeswoman Andrea Summers says the number of fatal crashes attributed to speed dropped 12 percent, from 30 percent, after the campaign started.