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...California lawsuit. The parents of 11-year-old Brittany Johnson, who is suffering from a genetic kidney disorder, brought a case against a Culver City, Calif., sperm bank, charging that the facility should have screened Brittany's biological father more carefully for genetic diseases. As it turns out, Donor 276, as the father has been dubbed, has a family history of renal disease, a fact that no one at the sperm bank bothered to uncover...
...Johnsons, backed by a state appellate court and, now, the State Supreme Court, are forcing Donor 276 (very much against his will) to testify in their case against the sperm bank. The donor, who has fought the subpoena mightily, will be called as a reluctant but potentially damaging witness for the prosecution. It's not hard to understand his reticence - this guy probably thought he'd head in to the sperm bank, make his deposit and high-tail it out of there, check in hand and heart filled with thoughts of untold numbers of happy babies with his nose...
LIABILITY LAWSUITS He has regularly voted to limit civil damages, saying the system has "become a lottery in which literally a few people do very well but most...don't really get adequately compensated." Critics say his stance is a sop to the insurance industry (his biggest donor...
...Donor Logic "I'm assuming, since we've supported him throughout his gubernatorial career, that we'd have an opportunity to go visit if we wanted to." -Austin construction lobbyist Thomas Johnson...
Television is its own peculiar form of electronic democracy. And because its revenue stream depends on attracting Americans' support - unlike politicians, whose funding is more dependent on delivering donor-friendly legislation - it's even more responsive to the popular will than either the GOP or the Democrats. Therein lies the reason why this week's network prime-time programming schedule gives no hint, before Thursday (and George W.'s Big Speech), that the party currently tipped to win the presidential election will nominate its candidate this week. It's been bumped not just by such obvious candidates as "Survivor...