$1 million The punitive damages amount to be lodged against State Farm after the federal judge overseeing the Mississippi Katrina claims cases reduced a recent $2.5 million jury award. U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter ruled that a punitive damage award …
2,700 The world’s largest kosher slaughterhouse is recalling about 2,700 pounds of potentially underprocessed frankfurters shipped to New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, company and federal officials said. Agriprocessors Inc., based in Postville in northeast Iowa, is ac-cepting returns on …
122 The number of levees nationwide that are at risk for failing, according to the Army Corps of Engineers. Twenty-seven states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico had threatened levees, but only two had more than a handful. California …
6% The decrease in traffic fatalities on Tennessee’s roadways since 2004, the year after the state lowered the minimum blood-alcohol content to 0.08 percent for drunken driving offenses in 2003. A year later the state began allowing police officers to …
2,700 The world’s largest kosher slaughterhouse is recalling about 2,700 pounds of potentially underprocessed frankfurters shipped to New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, company and federal officials said. Agriprocessors Inc., based in Postville in northeast Iowa, is ac-cepting returns on …
6% The decrease in traffic fatalities on Tennessee’s roadways since 2004, the year after the state lowered the minimum blood-alcohol content to 0.08 percent for drunken driving offenses in 2003. A year later the state began allowing police officers to …
$1 million The punitive damages amount to be lodged against State Farm after the federal judge overseeing the Mississippi Katrina claims cases reduced a recent $2.5 million jury award. U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter ruled that a punitive damage award …
5 Number of days California experienced freezing temperatures in January, which wreaked havoc on the state’s citrus crops. 148 Number of extra emergency sirens the Honolulu Star Bulletin says are needed to cover gaps in the state’s four counties. Emergency …
$60 billion The record estimated income after taxes for the property casualty insurers in 2006, according to the Insurance Information Institute. $8 billion The estimate of insured catastrophe losses in 2006, down from $62 billion in 2005, according to the …
$445 Billion Nearly half a billion dollars will be given to U.S. cities and regions to help reduce the risk of terror attacks on ports, transit systems and chemical plants, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced. The Associated Press reported …
