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...never a cinch--particularly for a woman who admits to having an active sex life, which can scuttle her credibility. "The defendant's lawyer can use the number of a victim's sexual partners as evidence," says Yukiko Tsunoda, a lawyer in Shizuoka. "To win a rape case, a plaintiff often must prove violence, a threat to her life, and that she resisted with all her might...
...Wisconsin state capital from then Governor Tommy Thompson, now Bush's Secretary of Health and Human Services. He is still consulted by Thompson's office on stem-cell issues but wasn't contacted directly by the White House for last week's decision. (Ironically, Thomson is the lead plaintiff in a case titled Thomson v. Thompson, seeking to force NIH to underwrite stem-cell research...
...motions to be debated at the hearing is whether Summers can continue to be held liable as a private citizen. Current Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill automatically replaces his predecessor when charges are leveled against Summers in his official capacity, but the Plaintiff in this suit maintains that he is suing Summers as an individual...
...life is scandalous and can scuttle a woman's credibility?nowhere more so than in a trial for rape. "The defendant's lawyer can use the number of a victim's sexual partners as evidence," says Yukiko Tsunoda, a lawyer in Shizuoka. "To win a rape case, a plaintiff often must prove violence, a threat to her life, and that she resisted with all her might...
...ridicule. It is the result of legal errors we believe will require reversal of this verdict," PM vice president and associate general council William Ohlemeyer said in a statement Wednesday. "The jury was given incorrect legal instructions, prevented from hearing important evidence and asked to believe that the plaintiff was only vaguely aware of the risks of smoking and the U.S. Surgeon General's warnings that have appeared on every pack of cigarettes Mr. Boeken smoked for more than 30 years." The company vows to appeal...