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...much of the lore surrounding the subject has been exaggerated. ATLA analyzed several cases that insurers regularly trot out to prove that the system has got out of hand and found that the facts did not quite support the versions that have passed into insurance folklore and public print, although one or two, even after correction, still sound odd. Some examples...
...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...
...investigation of the shuttle disaster continues, evidence is piling up that NASA might have been a victim of some managers' can-do spirit. To justify congressional support, NASA officials felt compelled to prove that the shuttle program could be made self-supporting by launching as often as every two weeks. But in internal NASA memos that have leaked out, Chief Astronaut John Young charges that safety was sacrificed to "launch-schedule pressure." Young, 55, a highly respected veteran of shuttle or bits and Apollo moon flights, warned of an "awesome" list of safety problems, including a runway at Florida...
...observers assumed that he was making the distinction a central tenet of his foreign policy. Authoritarian governments, however repressive, could be tolerated as long as they supported U.S. interests; besides, by their nature they were more susceptible to change than totalitarian governments, as Haiti and the Philippines were to prove. But last week the Administration sought to clarify its views on dictatorships and in the process seemed to depart, albeit slightly, from the Kirkpatrick doctrine. "The American people believe in human rights," said Reagan in a message to Congress, "and oppose tyranny in whatever form, whether of the left...
...uncovered other problems. The committee found that some hospitals post lists of "bad doctors," who allow hospitalized patients to exceed the DRG ceiling, and of "good doctors," who boost hospital profits by discharging their patients quickly. Physicians reported they were under pressure not to admit complicated cases that might prove costly to treat. And, at seven hospitals operated by the Paracelsus Health Care Corp. of Pasadena, Calif., doctors receive bonuses if costs are kept within DRG range. This practice is now under federal investigation...