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Private roadways are common enough in the U.S., but private expressways are another matter. Last week a group of businessmen announced a plan to build a 200-mile, four-lane private toll road that would link the Colorado cities of Fort Collins and Pueblo. Since no Government funds would be used for the project, the road would be exempt from the federal 55-m.p.h. speed limit and would allow cruising at up to 80 m.p.h. Under the terms of an 1883 state law, private investors can, in some cases, gain the power of eminent domain to build a road...
Facing a double explosion of rate increases for liability insurance and lawsuits that seek compensation for personal injuries, 16 state legislatures have reacted by placing limits on the damages that courts can award. In Colorado and Florida, the new laws went into effect on July 1. But just under the deadline, long lines of lawyers formed in both states last week to file suits. On Monday fully 1,000 suits were launched in Denver's district court; 100 would be normal. A record 643 suits were filed in Miami's Dade County courthouse on the same day, almost three times...
...ceilings on damage awards in Florida, unlike those in Colorado, would apply only to injuries suffered after July 1. Thus the predeadline stampede there was unnecessary. Lawyers, who get paid large sums for understanding statutes, had apparently misread the Florida...
...eastern Kazakhstan, and Soviet scientists to erect their sensors near Yucca Flats, Nev., where U.S. universities have monitored underground tests for years. (Atmospheric tests were halted in 1963 after the U.S. and the Soviet Union signed the Limited Test Ban Treaty.) The U.S. team, led by University of Colorado Seismologist Charles Archambeau, will place digital seismometers in three 300-ft.-deep holes drilled by the Soviets. A two-man team will remain near Semipalatinsk to monitor the findings. The $1.3 million cost of the project will be borne by foundations and private donors...
...Colorado Republican Ken Kramer, who is running for the Senate seat Gary Hart will vacate this year, normally votes with the President. But on the trade bill Kramer voted against Reagan. Joining him was Tim Wirth, the Democratic candidate for the Hart seat. Republican Congressman Henson Moore of Louisiana used to be an ardent free trader. But he is running against ! Democratic Congressman John Breaux for the Senate, and both voted for the bill...