FY 2012 Operating Budget and FY 2013-2017 Financial ... - Septa

Other Operating Expenses
Claims
Fiscal Year 2012 claims expense is budgeted at $45.7 million. The reduction of claims
expense positively impacts the Authority’s budget and staff from the Authority’s Legal
Division with support throughout the organization aggressively defends against fraudulent
claims. The Authority cooperates with various outside agencies in this matter. The
effectiveness of this program combined with increasing the number of verdicts in favor of
SEPTA has reduced SEPTA’s liability exposure. The Legal Division has held SEPTA’s
litigated case inventory to approximately 2,274 suits in Fiscal Year 2011. For comparison, in
July of 1997, the Legal Division litigation inventory was 2,777 cases.
Other Expenses
The Other Expenses category also includes propulsion power, fuel, vehicle and facility rental
and depreciation. Further description of these items can be found in the Operating Expense
Section.
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