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...YORK--All-time base stealing king Lou Brock and relief specialist Hoyt Wilhelm were voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame last night by the Baseball Writers Association of America...
...Francisco attorney sometimes called the "King of Torts," put it, somewhat inelegantly, "I am here to bring justice and money to those poor little people who have suffered at the hands of those rich sons of bitches." But others saw less admirable reasons for the legal presence. Said Mont Hoyt, chairman of the American Bar Association's international law and practice section: "They're trying to get a piece of the settlement...
Though some legal actions have been started in India, the focus of activity is in the U.S., where the financial rewards are potentially greater. "The price of life is worth less in India than in the U.S.," said Hoyt bluntly. In addition, riling fees for damage suits in India are almost prohibitively high, and the courts are notoriously slow. "If the suit were filed in India, the judgment would be in the next century," said Nani Palkhivala, one of India's most respected attorneys. More important, the U.S. offers more generous legal grounds on which to base a case...
...brought in the U.S. because Union Carbide India is 51% owned by the Union Carbide Corp. of the U.S. and is thus an agent of the parent firm. The U.S. corporation, they further contend, is responsible for the Indian plant's design and safety program. Cautioned Hoyt, who has represented Union Carbide in other matters: "Just because you have equity in a company doesn't mean that company is your agent." The plant in India, he suggested, might have been "fairly autonomous...
...Peltzer (Zach Galligan), the all-American boy who supports his family with a job at the Kingston Falls Bank and wins respect by standing up to the filthy-rich Mrs. Deagle (Polly Holliday). Preston Sturges, the movies' screw-bailer supreme, would have appreciated Billy's dad Rand (Hoyt Axton), an absent-minded inventor whose contraptions range from the Bathroom Buddy Shaving Kit to the Peltzer Peeler Juicer, which ingests oranges and splatters their pulp against the kitchen wall in Gremlins' first glint of far-out domestic violence...