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These whopping judgments are part of a continuing trend (TIME, Dec. 30, 1974). Jury Verdict Research Inc. of Cleveland reports that there have been a total of 98 awards of $1 million or more since 1971, with some attorneys winning more than one such case. Lawyers say that the spiraling awards reflect a growing consciousness by juries of a plaintiffs basic rights, the ability of attorneys to present far more sophisticated cases than they once did, and soaring medical costs...
...Associate Editor Mayo Mohs, who had to leave his typewriter, put on a dinner jacket and get to Manhattan's Biltmore Hotel where he was presented with the Madeline Dale Ross Award for writing "which demonstrates a concern for humanity"-specifically his cover story "Saints Among Us" (TIME, Dec. 29). He was soon back in his office writing this week's cover story on the divided Roman Catholic Church in America. A committed Catholic from St. Paul, Mohs graduated from Xavier University in Cincinnati, where he later received an M.A. in political science. "I've been observing...
Since his firing in 1974 after a feud with Philadelphia District Attorney F. Emmett Fitzpatrick (TIME, Dec. 30, 1974), Sprague has taken on-and successfully defended-clients accused of armed robbery, embezzlement, manslaughter and rape. Can a crusading prosecutor reverse course that easily...
...Star, which has been losing $1 million a month, announced last week an agreement with ten unions for layoffs of 200 employees and a freeze on wage increases through Dec. 31, moves expected to save the paper $6 million a year. Also helping its fiscal picture is a 22% ad lineage increase over the first three months...
...case. He and others found Bello and Bradley, each of whom said he had lied in his identification. Carter wrote a hard, seething book, The Sixteenth Round (Viking, $11.95), about his life before and in prison. Soon Dylan, Ali and other celebrities joined the push to free Carter (TIME, Dec. 22). In the end, though, it was a legal misstep that led to last week's victory...