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Judge Garrity dismissed the other five charges.Stating that "Harvard and its supervisors had donetheir level best to assist the plaintiff through avery difficult period in her life," Garrityconcluded that Harvard's treatment of Walters didnot violate any state or federalanti-discrimination...
While Searle has won 14 of 17 Copper-7 court cases that went to a jury, things are not looking so good for an upcoming trial in St. Paul. The plaintiff, Esther Kociemba of Elk River, Minn., claims that the Copper-7 gave her pelvic inflammatory disease, which left her sterile. Internal Searle documents released by court order suggest that the company knew of physicians' safety concerns about the Copper-7 but kept on selling it. In a 1980 memo, a Searle doctor warned company officials that "all studies with which I am familiar conclude that all IUDs enhance...
...fourth day of testimony before a federal jury on a discrimination suit against Harvard, witnesses for plaintiff Charlotte Walters said the University had dealt unfairly with her and with her union...
Thomas Jones, Walters' former boyfriend, testified yesterday that his relationship with the plaintiff ended when trauma from harrassment on the job changed her personality beyond recognition...
...down by the citizenry. Republican Governor William Clements is also pushing an appointive system, though only for the nine-member high court. "Texans have lost faith in their judicial system," he says. Clements charges that the court's popularly elected justices -- all Democrats -- have developed a "pro-plaintiff tilt" that encourages "virtually limitless judgments" and scares businesses away. Jamail, the state's king of torts, half concedes the point. "What kind of an ass would I be," he says, "if I didn't try to give back something that promotes the plaintiff's philosophy...