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Sand's decision, which resulted from a suit filed by Jimmy Carter's Justice Department in late 1980, was politely applauded by the Reagan Administration. The N.A.A.C.P., which became a joint plaintiff in 1981, saw the ruling as a boost for similar cases in Milwaukee and Kansas City. Said N.A.A.C.P. Assistant General Counsel Michael Sussman: "We knew we were going to win all along." So perhaps did Yonkers' political establishment, which expressed no surprise at the ruling. Some of the city's officials acknowledge that segregation exists, but have denied that public planning had anything to do with it. DRUGS...
...negligence into novel shapes to justify excessive damage awards to people who claim personal injury (a tort in legal parlance). Avaricious lawyers, they argue, seek outrageously high damages for clients who have flimsy cases, so that the lawyers can reap huge contingency fees (if the case fails the plaintiff's attorney earns nothing, but if it succeeds he commonly takes one-third and, on occasion, as much as 50% of the award). Says Edward Levy, general manager of the Association of California Insurance Companies: "Lawyers are out to make a buck, and they seem to have little concern...
Another legal concept being used ever more widely is that of strict liability, which makes possible an award of damages without any proof of negligence. Initially it was applied, for example, to businesses conducting abnormally dangerous activities. Now it has been expanded to product-liability cases: a plaintiff need not prove that the manufacturer of a product was negligent, only that the plaintiff was injured while using the product in the manner intended...
...actual truth or falsity of that which was published is rarely addressed," the Iowa study says. The harm done to the plaintiff's reputation "is even more rarely explored." Nine times out of ten, after going to tremendous expense, the newspaper wins but often on grounds that seem a technicality to the public. In the Lakian case, the truth was addressed, and Lakian was unable to rebut the strongest charges made by the paper. Still, he claimed vindication. Few plaintiffs any longer "sue to win," the Iowa study concludes, "they win by suing...
...championship consisted of four rounds of alternating between plaintiff and defendant, with each round lasting three hours. In the end, UCLA took the championship...