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...years later, Scott filed a $35 million damage suit against the Federal Government. In 1986 her lawyers offered to settle the case for $3.5 million. But the Reagan Justice Department balked at the settlement because of an ongoing effort to hold down the Government's costs in liability suits. That year a federal judge awarded the Scotts $11.1 million in damages. The Government appealed, but last week, fearful that the court would not reduce the award much if at all, the Bush Administration decided to settle the case for $8.5 million. That was "the most efficient way" of settling...
...announced plans to appeal. Her primary argument, she says, will be that Judge Sandra Hamlin misinterpreted a 1971 Massachusetts statute on child abuse and neglect, which creates a legal exemption for those who believe in spiritual healing. Some 44 states provide some sort of religious exemption. In the Twitchell case, the first to test the Massachusetts law, Hamlin ruled that "a subjective belief in healing by prayer" is no excuse for not obtaining medical help when a child is seriously...
...Internal Revenue Service is tough on taxpayers, but the agency can be a soft touch when it comes to misconduct by its top executives. Case in point: two former IRS officials, Frank Santella and Joseph Jech. The Office of Special Counsel, an independent federal agency that protects whistle blowers, filed civil charges in May against the two for harassing and demoting two IRS managers who tried to snitch on their superior, Santella, a former regional boss in the Chicago IRS office. Santella allegedly went after the informers with the help of Jech, who retired in June...
That is certainly true in the case of thecurrent president. In the course of Bok'sselection process in 1970, the most recentprecedent for the 1990 search, the University setout to remake itself in the wake of a period ofuncertainty and discontent...
...invite Harvard and other institutions receiving taxpayer support to volunarily open their animal care committee meetings to public observation. This is the case at the University of Massachusetts and the University of Lowell. This would be viewed as a small but positive step by Cambridge citizens of Harvard's willingness to consider public concerns regarding humane treatment of animals in labs. Ole Anderson Executive Director Committee for Responsible Research