Word: legally
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Appeal to a higher court, Laura Blankman! It's time for the legal system to realize that "family" means more than just blood and race relations. Let's not allow technicalities to endanger this young boy's life. I'm sure Latrena Pixley was a victim of abuse and needs healing, but not at Cornilous' expense. It's obvious Pixley remains an unfit mother. WENDY LAM Carlsbad, Calif...
...relation to your report "Let's Play Doctor" [MANAGED CARE 1998, July 13], I write to clarify my position on the Patient Protection Act that has just passed the House of Representatives. I have consistently supported legal accountability of federally governed health plans, along with choice and standards of care. The Patient Protection Act accomplishes these goals. While it does not go as far as I would like in allowing patients to sue HMOs for damages, this bill ought to be passed into law this session. I therefore support the Patient Protection Act and will continue to push for full...
MONICA LEWINSKY Cuts the deal that delivers her, and her mother, from legal peril. Must have been lonely there in limbo...
...also a man who wrote a fan letter to a hostile witness because he knew the witness was telling the truth. Schippers says he's the kind of lawyer who prefers to "play it according to the rules" rather than bend them to score a point off a legal opponent. By that standard alone, Schippers, 68, may seem an anomaly within the Beltway. In fact, he came to Washington only in March, having grown up and spent most of his professional life in Chicago. He considered becoming a priest and attended Chicago's Quigley seminary. But he opted...
...ruddy-faced attorney is almost defiantly uncool (a favorite catchphrase: "What're the facts, babe?"). And defiant, period. He has described his cross-examination technique as "going for the jugular." But if he's prepared to be a tough legal mind, he remains profoundly reticent about the political role he may be asked to play. "Every once in a while it hits you," Schippers has said. "It really hit me when I took my wife to the Jefferson Memorial. If you stand at Mr. Jefferson's feet and you look where he's looking, you see right into the Oval...