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...Montgomery, was using an unusual weapon: the common-law principle of "vicarious liability," most frequently invoked against employers for their workers' negligence. Simply put, Dees and his fellow lawyers sue national racist organizations on behalf of the families of victims of violent acts, charging that the organizations should incur heavy civil penalties for their indirect role in the violence. In 1987 Dees bankrupted the Alabama-based United Klans of America with a $7 million judgment for the family of Michael Donald, 19, who was shot and hanged by U.K.A. thugs in 1981 in Mobile...
...most significant provisions of theunion contract. Because they modeled the union noton a conflict-oriented relationship with theUniversity, but on a non-hierarchical cooperativeone, they broke with the traditional model ofunion-management relations. And at the time,neither the union nor the University anticipatedthat these committees would incur any significantcosts...
Acting Dean Henry Rosovsky announced Thursday that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) may incur a deficit exceeding $13 million by the end of this year. Facing its most serious financial crunch in almost 20 years, FAS must trim up to 6 percent of its 1991 departmental budgets, he said...
...gets his way, Souter will follow the lead of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and refuse to take a firm stand on such a specific issue during confirmation hearings. If the Democrats settle for this non-answer, they would save the Senate from a bloody floor fight but would incur the wrath of pro-choice activists everywhere. This could be lethal for Democrats and pro-choice Republicans alike...
...years on an average route, such radiation will cause 600 "premature cancer deaths." By comparison, cancer from all causes may kill 22,000 of that same group. Frequent travelers who spend half as much time in the air as pilots do, or about nine hours a week, will incur half the risk. Exposure varies dramatically with altitude and proximity to the poles. A year spent flying the great-circle route from New York City to Tokyo will subject a crew to 30 times the risk of a year of flying between Austin and Houston...