It Figures

$10 Million

Amount sought by a New York woman who claims two neurosurgeons twice operated on her for brain and spinal cord problems she didn’t have. Kristy Pirozzolo is suing Long Island doctors Paolo Bolognese and Thomas Milhorat, claiming she now has constant pain and has trouble moving her head.

$2.3 Million

Amount of stimulus money Rhode Island will receive to protect towns against flooding, mostly in Cranston and West Warwick. Almost $2 million is devoted to purchasing easements and restoring damaged land along the Pawtuxet, Pocasset and Meshanticut Rivers. About $400,000 is for designing, engineering and obtaining permitting for the flood protection projects.

$2 Million

Settlement reached by New York City with the family of a woman who died on a hospital floor as she struggled to get up while staffers ignored her. The family of Esmin Green — whose death was recorded on a hospital security video — still awaits a full investigation into what happened at the Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn. Green, 49, had been in a waiting room at the city-owned hospital for nearly 24 hours when she collapsed last June.

55

Number people who work in a South Portland, Maine claims office that will be closed by Allstate Corp. this summer. The company says the closure is part of a consolidation of claims offices, and that laid off employees are eligible to apply for jobs elsewhere with Allstate.

23%

Percentage increase in the number of speeding tickets issued by state troopers on the Massachusetts Turnpike since 2007. Anti-toll activists are criticizing the increased ticketing on the state’s major East-West highway, saying it’s akin to a hidden fee on a highway which already seen significant toll increases. The state says the ticket increase is the result of a safety campaign that may be working; so far this year, there have been no deaths on the Turnpike, compared with three last year.