California doctors face closure risk from malpractice costs
Sacramento AP reports California physicians fear mounting malpractice insurance and reform bills could force about one-tenth of the state’s doctors to shut their doors. A physicians crisis group urged moderation while noting emergency insurance pools and legal reforms moving through the Legislature amid nationwide spikes in malpractice tales.
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California Physicians Crisis ‘Committee
California Legislate
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Hospitals face massive layoffs in Bay Area
San Francisco reports massive potential layoffs as malpractice insurance costs threaten to shutter clinics. Estimates show about 1900 doctors may refuse to practice, with 8 percent of area hospital staff at risk. Elective surgeries halt. emergency plans drawn as hospitals gear down and unions warn of closures. Authorities debate bills to pool risk, curb fees, and reform liability oversight.
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Bay Area
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Driscoll
Brad Cohn
A. Dale Morgan
Sutt
Bob Cooper
Hospital and Institutional Workers’ Union
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Daniel Boatwright
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Tiburon
Dennis Carpenter
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Alister McAlister
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le Milton S
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A. Fiber Insurance Rate Commission
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Argonaut Insurance Company
California Senate votes to apply death penalty to inmate killers
The California Senate passes a bill expanding the mandatory death penalty to inmates who kill other prisoners. Advocates cite prison violence with knives and a zip gun as context, while opponents warn it is a false solution to unrest. The measure heads to the Assembly for action.
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Suspect linked to SLA in Foster murder case
UPI reports Colston Westbrook testified linking Russell Little and Joseph Remiro to the Symbionese Liberation Army in the 1973 killing of Oakland schools superintendent Marcus Foster. The case also involves an attempted murder of deputy Robert Blackburn and ties to prison visitor networks.
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UPI
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Russell Little
Symibonnese” Liberation Army
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SLA
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Joseph Remiro
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Marcus Foster
Little
Remiro
Foster
Robert Blackburn
University of California At Berkeley
Black Cultural Association
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LA Judge Rules Sex Publisher Case Not A Nuisance
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Parks Stillwell ruled that American Art Enterprises Inc in Chatsworth was not the scene of prostitution acts and thus not subject to the Red Light Abatement Act of 1913. He described the building as a nerve center for prostitution linked to models for niagarine pictures while noting its primary use was publishing and distributing books and magazines.
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Los Angeles
Stillwell
American Art Enterprises Inc
Chatsworth
Niagarine Pictures
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