Word: deramus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...firm for being too tight-lipped. Attorneys for the company, Jackson National Insurance, argued in a federal appeals court Monday that it was not legally obligated to tell her husband that blood tests had revealed he was infected with the AIDS virus. In 1988, Jackson National denied attorney Frank Deramus's application to increase his life insurance because of the HIV-positive results, but refused his requests to tell him why. The insurance company did not release the information until June 1991, nine days before 51-year-old Deramus died from AIDS-related complications. Jody Deramus...
Finalists in the four categories were Daniel Henninger of The Wall Street Journal and Rick Nichols of The Philadelphia Inquirer for editorial writing; Betty DeRamus of the Detroit News and Paul Gigot of The Wall Street Journal for commentary column writing; Rose Jacobius of The Washington Post and Beth Witrogen of the San Francisco Examiner for headlines; and Craig Dezern of The Orlando Sentinel and Hank Stuever of The Albuquerque Tribune for non deadline writing...