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	Claim Reviewer for Bankruptcy Agreed on By John Stucke The Spokesman-Review [Spokane WA] January 13, 2007 https://secure1.spokesmanreview.com/onlinesub/login.aspx?referrer=http://www.spokesmanreview.com/business/story.asp?ID=168997&cookie=allowed A former U.S. attorney from Seattle will be hired to scrutinize and put a price on about 140 sex-abuse claims in the Catholic Diocese of Spokane bankruptcy. In court records filed Friday, attorneys working on the case unanimously agreed that Kate Pflaumer should be appointed the "tort claims reviewer." She will be given broad power to establish the truthfulness of sex-abuse claims and how much individual claimants should be paid. Her hiring will fulfill part of a $48 million settlement agreement announced Jan. 4 that's expected to end the long-running bankruptcy case this spring. Pflaumer was a Clinton appointee and retired after the election of President Bush. Her eight-year term as Washington's top federal prosecutor ended in 2001 after the successful, nine-count conviction of Ahmed Ressam, an Algerian who smuggled bomb-making materials into Port Angeles, Wash.
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