The settlements with Aviation Charter (search) and its affiliated companies -- all owned by Roger and Shirley Wikner of the Twin Cities -- is for the full amount of the Wikners' insurance. The settlements do not cover the pilots' families.
The settlement specifies a specific amount of money for the families of each victim. Trustees for each victim will distribute the money in a process subject to court approval.
The breakdown:
-- Paul Wellstone, $7 million.
-- Mary McEvoy, 49, associate chair of the state DFL Party, $4.5 million.
-- Marcia Wellstone Markuson, 33, the senator's daughter, $3.75 million.
-- Sheila Wellstone, 58, the senator's wife, $3.25 million.
-- Tom Lapic, 49, the senator's deputy state director, $3.25 million.
-- Will McLaughlin, 23, a campaign worker, $3.25 million.
Ciresi and Roberta Walburn, another lawyer for the families, told the Star Tribune their investigation is continuing. They declined to comment, however, when asked whether they are considering suits against the Federal Aviation Administration (search) and the state of Minnesota.
