Word: plaintiffs
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...forbid the use of public funds for the maintenance of "private" schools in the county; and 3) force state and county officials to maintain a public-school system in Prince Edward. The suit, marking the first time the U.S. Government has sought to enter a desegregation case as a plaintiff, was a sharp reminder of the Kennedy Administration's determination to enforce its civil rights program...
Sitting as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the judges heard an appeal in the case of Great Northern Insurance Co., Inc., defendant, vs. Jonathan Hammond, plaintiff. The plaintiff, argued by the Magruder Club, contended that the transfer of a suit to collect damages in an automobile accident from a Wisconsin to a New York court, on request of the defendant, was improper, and should be reversed. The defendant maintained that New York law should apply, and that the case should be dismissed...
...story about tax exemption and the Christian Brothers, one of the world's largest producers of commercial brandy, omitted several points. The organization has paid up some back corporate profits taxes, but it is now suing for a complete refund of approximately $490,000 on the ground that "Plaintiff is exempt as a church" and that "all property [is] subject to the control of the Pope." The Department of Justice has filed a counterclaim for an additional sum in back taxes...
Doctors also have been sued for failing to spell out risks. Notes one recent decision: "The plaintiff may expect his claim to be upheld if he avers that his right to make his own decisions, based on the nature of his disease, was thwarted by the doctor's concealment." Earlier this year, after a Kansas woman suffered burns from radioactive cobalt therapy for her breast cancer, her physician was judged negligent-even though the treatment was skillfully performed-simply because he failed to tell her there was a risk of radiation burn, and therefore, said the court...
...when we're wrong." Patients' complaints are studied by a board of 15 doctors and one clergy man. If the committee decides a malpractice complaint is justified, the medical society's insurer-American Mutual Liability Insurance Co.-is obligated to set tie with the plaintiff. Largest out-of-court settlement...