Supreme Court to consider limiting abuser presence at pretrial hearings
The Supreme Court will decide if a child sexual abuse case defendant must be allowed at pretrial competency hearings. The issue centers on excluding an accused from hearings determining a victim’s ability to testify, with states already ruling on the matter.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kentucky
David Armstrong
Armstrong
Kentucky Supreme Court
Sergio Stincer
Stincer
David Lloyd
Division of
Child Protection
Children’s Hospital
Lloyd
Christian County
U.S
Louisiana
Greenville, S.C
Juries Seen Giving High Medical Malpractice Awards
AMA survey finds 58 percent think juries award too much in malpractice cases and 70 percent want limits. Doctors face rising premiums and many avoid high risk procedures as multimillion awards increase from one in 1975 to over 20 this year. The study measured 1510 adults nationwide in 1985.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
National Lawyers Association
James S. Todd
AMA
Todd
United States
Kane, Parsons and Associates
Fidgeting Burns Excess Calories
Researchers find fidgeting and toe tapping burn extra calories, with caloric expenditure linked to restlessness. The trait varies among individuals and tends to run in families, similar to obesity, per Dr. Clifton Bogardus.
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Boston
Clifton Bogardus
Court orders require judge approval before protective custody
Charleston County DSS must obtain a judge's order before taking children into protective custody except in extreme cases, a circuit judge ruled. The ruling comes amid lawsuits by a mother and her son against DSS and a Charleston DSS worker, seeking damages and a due process review of custody actions.
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Charleston
State Department of Social Services
David F. McInnis
William J. Knowles Jr
Charleston County
DSS
Norma Anderson
McInnis
Deborah B. Rodwell
D C Motorists Face Higher Auto Insurance in 1987
In Columbia South Carolina insurers plan rate hikes to cover rising claims as auto losses surpass premiums. Officials cite 15 percent expected rise in 1987 with about five percent for medical and repair costs and two percent for accident frequency, while critics call much of the increase price gouging.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Joseph Barnett
South Carolina Insurance Commission
Bob Hunter
National Insurance Consumer Organization
Hunter
Carlton Truax
The
South Carolina Insurance News Service
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