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...next time you are tempted to stiff a surly cabbie, put yourself behind the wheel. A recent study on workplace violence ranked driving a taxi as the most dangerous occupation in the U.S., with sheriff or bailiff as a distant second and police officer or detective the third most perilous positions. Between 1990 and 1992, 140 cab drivers and chauffeurs were killed, more than all law enforcement officials combined, according to researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. According to the study, about 20 American workers are killed and 18,000 are assaulted every week. Most...
...month, a French court awarded Jardine 150,000 francs, approximately $30,000, which is the highest amount Le Figaro has ever paid in a lawsuit, and ruled that the paper had acted improperly in falsely reporting her academic credentials. A similar suit by Suleiman was dismissed because a court bailiff failed to deliver Suleiman's court papers before the filing deadline...
Suleiman said she was taking further legalaction against the bailiff for not performing hisduty, and that Cren would file the papers withinthe next ten days...
...lawyer assures me that the case is clearcut since the bailiff has recognized his fault innot delivering my papers on time," Suleiman said."Therefore as the lawyer puts it, the bailiff hasdeprived me of satisfaction in the case and he isliable for that...
...expect that the suit against the bailiffwill produce at least the same amount of damagesas I would have gotten from Le Figaro,"Suleiman said. "But there may be additionaldamages for the harm done by the bailiff's ownerror...