Court reverses Silkwood damages award in Kerr-McGee case
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Oklahoma federal court lacked authority to award Silkwood's estate punitive or personal damages. The panel reversed a 1979 verdict that fined Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corp. $10 million in punitive damages and $500,000 in personal damages for plutonium contamination linked to Karen Silkwood.
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Kerr-McGee
Bill Paul
Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corp
10Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
Oklahoma
Silkwood
Emigration Tested as Sakharov Hunger Strike Affects Visit
Liza Alexeyeva left Moscow for Gorky to visit Nobel laureate Andrei Sakharov and potentially emigrate to the United States. She carried ten grapefruits as a gift after Sakharov and his wife Yelena Bonner led a hunger strike to press authorities to allow her to join Bonner’s son in the U.S. The couple, banished to Gorky, were reported in good health as the hunger strike ended.
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Moscow
Liza Alexeyeva
Gorky
Andrei Sakharov
United States
Alexeyeva
Sakharov
Soviet Union
Yelena Bonner
Bonner
King wins eviction in Malibu dispute over beach house
Billie Jean King wins a court eviction against Marilyn Barnett from a Malibu beachfront house after six years. the judge finds Barnett has no claim to ownership or support. The verdict ends Barnett’s palimony suit, though King says the ordeal cost over $1 million and she wants no return to the house.
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Los Angeles
Billie Jean King
King
Superior Court
Julius Title
Marilyn Barnett
Malibu
Marilyn
Larry
Kings
Barnett
Title
Billie
Beverly Hills
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Karen Silkwood
Chicago
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Millen's
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Junor’s Kitchen
Nickelodeon Penningtons
Rosery Florist
Thrifty’s
Wicker World
Smitty's
Pancake House
McElgunn’s
Kentucky Fried Chicken
JD Color
Black Sheep Boutique
Fairweather the Lost Hi-Lites
Joan Seufert
Medicine Hat
United Way
Frank Tarnoczi
Merle Norman
O. B. Allan Pipe 'S
Paper Shoppers Drug Mart
Tip Top Tailors
Yo Yo Children’s Wear
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Big Bros. Shirts
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Coles
Big Steel Man Hale Optical
Wright's Jewelry
Patricia Scott Health Products
Radio Shack
Smart Set Toys & Wheels
Miser Sound
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Canadian Pioneer Management Ltd
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Muet
Dewdline
Bond
St. S.E
of Medicine
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Maple Avenue
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City of Medicine Hat
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Albert Nieman
Crestwood Mennonite Brethren Church
J. Penner
Southview Church OF God
Southview Dr
Anderson, Indiana
Lawrence Gehring
Gary Mize
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Keith S
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4Th Avenue
9Th Street
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David Hall
Dave
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Strathcona Centre
Bible Studies
1& II Corinthians
Zephaniah
Larry Boswell
ST. Barnabas Anglican Church
R. Ivor Ottrey
Tel
St. Ave. United Church
Rev. Oltrey
ST. Ambrose, 5Th Ave
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Redcliff
Haly Communion
Gan Slovetor Henri World
Hillcrest Evangelical Church
3Rd Ave. S.W
Daniel H. Reinhardt
Don Sipe
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Clarence Knodel
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