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...story about tax exemption and the Christian Brothers, one of the world's largest producers of commercial brandy, omitted several points. The organization has paid up some back corporate profits taxes, but it is now suing for a complete refund of approximately $490,000 on the ground that "Plaintiff is exempt as a church" and that "all property [is] subject to the control of the Pope." The Department of Justice has filed a counterclaim for an additional sum in back taxes...
Doctors also have been sued for failing to spell out risks. Notes one recent decision: "The plaintiff may expect his claim to be upheld if he avers that his right to make his own decisions, based on the nature of his disease, was thwarted by the doctor's concealment." Earlier this year, after a Kansas woman suffered burns from radioactive cobalt therapy for her breast cancer, her physician was judged negligent-even though the treatment was skillfully performed-simply because he failed to tell her there was a risk of radiation burn, and therefore, said the court...
...when we're wrong." Patients' complaints are studied by a board of 15 doctors and one clergy man. If the committee decides a malpractice complaint is justified, the medical society's insurer-American Mutual Liability Insurance Co.-is obligated to set tie with the plaintiff. Largest out-of-court settlement...
Belli's plaintiff was Mrs. Victoria St. Pierre Lartique, who wept as the defense attorney described her late husband as "a human chimney"; she testified that he smoked so much that she had to get out of the house to breathe. From the age of nine he smoked two to five packs of cigarettes a day. His brands: King Bee and Picayunes (both made by Liggett & Myers) and Camels (R. J. Reynolds). Lartique died five years ago at 65 of lung cancer...
...Florida two months ago, a jury found that the deceased husband of a plaintiff died from cancer caused by smoking, but it refused to hold the company liable...