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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seems as though Anna will finally be able to become the passionate, carefree person she wants to be. But the dream is shattered when her ex-husband, Brian (James Naughton), accuses Leo of sexually molesting Molly (Asia Vieria), their six-year old child, and brings a custody suit against his ex-wife...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: Maternal Triangle | 11/4/1988 | See Source »

...year-old electrician, was killed by a hit-and-run driver. A possible suspect, unknown to the police, hired attorney Barry Krischer to represent him. But after agreeing to plea bargain with prosecutors, Krischer was himself brought to trial by Baltes parents--as part of a $6 million damage suit--in an attempt to discover his client's name...

Author: By Suk Han, | Title: Serving Justice | 10/26/1988 | See Source »

...someone who would say only that he or she -- the gender has not been revealed -- may have been involved. The visitor asked Krischer to discuss a possible plea bargain with prosecutors but without revealing a name. The prosecutors refused the anonymous dealing. Baltes' parents brought a $6 million damage suit against the unnamed figure and sought to compel Krischer to provide the name. But state circuit-court Judge Timothy Poulton ruled that under Florida statutes protecting lawyer-client relationships, Krischer could keep mum. It was hard to rule against the parents, said the judge, "but I am convinced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Blind Justice | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

Liberty Village: "Mostly we have last season's styles and production overruns." Indeed, "Flemington is not competing with K mart," says Fran Durst, president of the Hunterdon < County Chamber of Commerce, which has headquarters here. "In the Anne Klein outlet, you're still going to pay $250 for a suit. But it would have cost you $500 in Bloomingdale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flemington, New Jersey A Town That Bargains | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

Last week's rehearing was prompted by an employment-discrimination suit brought by a black woman, Brenda Patterson, against a North Carolina credit union -- an action relying on the Runyon precedent. Instead of deciding the Patterson suit on its own merits, the court voted last April to schedule a rehearing of Runyon itself. If the court reverses its earlier stand, it could deprive blacks of what has become a significant weapon against bias by employers or private schools. It will also undo a decision that has provided a basis for subsequent federal law and more than 100 lower-court rulings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Is The Court Turning Right? | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

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