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Although his father is an Assemblies of God minister, Ezell is an outspoken enemy of "clergy smugglers," who grant sanctuary to illegal immigrants. INS agents in Ezell's region have infiltrated congregations in Arizona whose members are being prosecuted for taking in such aliens. The Presbyterian and American Lutheran churches...
Now the case of Herbert vs. Lando has taken another twist, one that has press defenders crowing instead of complaining. Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York simply tossed the libel suit out of court. It had begun more than a decade ago, when Lieut. Colonel Anthony...
Spence, a Miami lawyer, is the kind of attorney insurers often blame for their troubles. He has won and earned a healthy slice of several multimillion-dollar awards for clients who suffered personal injuries. But if Spence should be sued for malpractice or negligence, as is happening to lawyers more...
The dubious distinction of paying the highest increase on record may belong to Specialty Systems Inc., a Richmond, Ind., company that specializes in removing asbestos from buildings. Insurers are so terrified of anything having to do with asbestos that they canceled Specialty's policies three times between November 1984 and...
In some cases, people are successfully pressing claims that seem patently silly. One example: a man who attempted suicide by jumping in front of a subway train sued the New York City Transit Authority, contending that the motorman of the subway that hit him had been negligently slow in bringing...