Declarations

No Involvement

“It is clear that Mr. Allman … had no involvement in any of the decisions that resulted in Sarah’s death.”

—Jeff Harris, an Atlanta attorney for the parents of Sarah Jones, a camera assistant who was killed by a train while working on a film about musician Greg Allman. Jones died during the filming of “Midnight Rider” when a freight train slammed into the movie crew on a railroad bridge in Georgia. Allman was among 10 individuals and eight corporations sued by Jones’ parents.

Cooperative Liabilities

“No school district is being asked to cover the liabilities of another, but rather these liabilities were incurred by the cooperative while the cooperative was actively providing coverage for its members.”

—Blake Lawrence, attorney for the now-defunct Oklahoma Schools Property/Casualty Cooperative, which is trying to assess former members for about $720,000 to pay current and expected claims and debts. The failed insurance cooperative sent notices to 56 former member schools for amounts ranging from $890.71 to $67,680.32. Some districts have questioned whether they are being asked to pay debts of other districts.

California Rice

“I hear the rumors there’s a cheaper rice, but you want to eat high-quality California rice.”

—Taro Arai, who runs eight Japanese restaurants in the Sacramento area, said he paid 8 percent more for rice this year and expects to pay even more next year thanks to the state’s ongoing drought.

Goals v. Quotas

“It’s important to root out fraud to ensure continued care for Ohio’s injured workers.”

—The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, in a statement responding to allegations that goals set for its fraud investigators amount to quotas. The BWC says investigator goals are not quotas and that it cannot force prosecutions. The agency says since 1993 investigations have produced nearly 25,000 cases of wrongdoing that allowed the collection of more than $1.5 billion and sent nearly 4,500 cases to prosecutors, netting 2,379 criminal convictions.