Word: limiteds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Recently, however, state courts across the U.S. have ordered insurance companies to pay far more than the policy's face value. In one remarkable California case, a company that had issued a policy with a $10,000 limit was ordered to pay more than...
Iffy Chances. At issue is a conflict of interest between the company and the insured-both represented by the same lawyer, whose loyalties may be divided. Example: an accident victim sues for $20,000, but offers to settle for the policy limit of $10,000. In that case, the company may have good reason to refuse the offer. A jury might find for the policyholder, so that the company would need to pay nothing at all, or the decision might be for a lower award, also saving money for the company. But even if the insured loses and the jury...
Miss Hellman wishes to "follow what the students want," Brower added. She will not limit her discussions to the theatre but hopes to spend at least one session on the movies...
...dangling for a while, then demand an admission that Pueblo had violated its territorial waers, and an apology. Appearing on Meet the Press, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara conceded that although Pueblo was under strict orders to remain outside the twelve-mile limit, there was no way for Washington to be completely certain the order was followed during an eight-day period of radio silence maintained by the stubby vessel. Said Rusk: "We cannot be 1000% sure, until we get our officers and crew back and we have a chance to interrogate them and look...
...international waters when she was first accosted and when she was captured nearly 2½ hours later, and that North Korea, consequently, was guilty of having broken international law. In addition, Rusk pointed out that in 1965 and 1966 three Soviet spy ships had violated the U.S. three-mile limit-twice off Puerto Rico, once off San Pedro, Calif. "We didn't seize those vessels," said Rusk. "We simply required them to depart." As legal support for this "civilized practice among nations," he cited Article 23 of the 1958 Geneva Convention...