On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Larry Medina <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

>
> I'm not sure this is entirely accurate.  Following the 1997 fire at
> Diversified Records in West Pittston, PA, the awards made were in part
> based
> on the cost to recreate the records lost... and in this case, some were
> paper, some were on film, and I'm unsure is any were media based electronic
> data.  http://bit.ly/7isfYV (Article mistakenly identifies location as
> "west
> Patterson", but balance is generally accurate.
>

IIRC the oil and gas company was able to break the cost to recreate the
records down to individual boxes. In some cases it was estimated that it
would be a 5-figure cost to recreate one box of records. If you search
through the listserv archives you'll find several postings about this case

here is a link to a post that breaks down the award

http://bit.ly/7QunnZ

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