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...examples represent just a small sampling from a rising flood of problems growing out of what has become a new national crisis. Given the litigious nature of American society these days, just about any kind of business, profession or government agency is likely to become the target of a suit alleging malpractice or negligence resulting in personal injury. That makes liability insurance, the kind that pays off on such claims, just about as vital as oil in keeping the economy functioning. But in the past two years, liability insurance has become the kind of resource that...
Among professionals, malpractice insurance problems have plagued lawyers, engineers, members of corporate boards and even clergymen. A growing number of clerics are buying, or having their churches buy, policies to protect them against suits like the one brought by a California couple who attributed the suicide of their 24-year-old son largely to inept counseling by his pastors. (That particular suit, filed in 1980, was dismissed for a second time last year; the case is still being appealed.) Suits against doctors, particularly specialists such as obstetricians and neurosurgeons, have been more successful and have led to some...
...same category with dividends and interest. Under the tax laws that applied for those years, unearned income was taxable at the maximum rate of 70%. Baxter said the money was earned income, like a salary, which was taxable at a top rate of 50%. In 1984 he filed suit, contending that his winnings were the product of skill and hard work. Last week the U.S. district court in Nevada agreed and ordered the IRS to give a refund with interest. Said Baxter: "Jack Nicklaus gets to file his prize money as earned income...
...Texas State Teachers Association, which represents 55,000 of the state's teachers, had brought suit to block the test, claiming that teacher certification comprised a lifetime contract, which the 1984 act violated ex post facto. In a decision handed down the week before the test date, Travis County District Judge Harley Clark ruled that the test could proceed. The teachers, backed by the National Education Association, the umbrella union for the state association, will appeal to the Texas Supreme Court, which may rule on the exam's validity before the results come out in June...
...handicap. What the oil industry is to Texas, gambling is to Nevada, and for some voters Laxalt would be tainted by association. After he was Governor of Nevada, Laxalt was the principal owner of the Ormsby House Hotel-Casino in Carson City. Laxalt is currently embroiled in a libel suit against McClatchy Newspapers, which reported that organized crime was involved in skimming nearly $2 million in receipts from the casino. Though the paper did not claim that Laxalt was involved in or knew about the illegal operation, he has vigorously pursued the lawsuit, and other newspapers have given extensive coverage...