Pinto fire crash jury awards 657000 to boy
In Arlington, a circuit court jury awarded $657,000 to six year old Jeremy Norton for injuries from a 1973 Pinto crash that killed his parents Cecelia Norton and Michael Norton. Plaintiffs claim defective fuel system and rear impact caused the fire.
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Jeremy Norton
Ford Motor Company
Jeremy
Highway Department
Prisoner Civil Rights Suits Lead Virginia Districts
A Harvard Law School study ranks Virginia districts second and third in prisoner civil rights suits for the year ending June 30, with 522 suits in Eastern Virginia and 312 in the western districts. Merhige precedents and overcrowded facilities cited as possible factors. medical complaints most common.
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Center For Criminal Justice
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Lynchburg
Harvard
Turner
U. S. District Court
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Powhatan Correctional Center
Richmond City
National Cancer Institute seeks Laetrile patient records
The NCI plans a retrospective study asking 200 to 300 patients to share medical records to gauge if Laetrile reduced tumors. Dr. Guy Newell says results could lead to a clinical trial with an open mind, amid ethical questions and FDA warning posters.
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National Cancer Institute
Guy Newell
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Newell
Food and Drug Administration
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Sweeping Proposal to Overhaul Nation Drugs Laws
The Carter administration drafts a broad bill to require readable safety and effectiveness information on drug packaging. It would speed FDA action to approve new medicines and to remove dangerous ones, with Califano empowered to issue monographs guiding market status. Consumer groups say current post market removals are too slow.
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Washington
Carter Administration
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Joseph A. Califano Jr
White House
Pharmaceutical
FDA
Califano
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