Show Logan Utah Friday Nov 27 1979 The Herald Journal— 31 Love Of Lawsuit A Sword 2-Ed- ged By LeRey Pape UPI Business Writer NEW YORK (UPI)— Lawyers are learning that the growing love of Americans for lawsuits is a sword More and more lawyers are being sued by their clients or the people their clients sue for malpractice Accordbg to the Insurance Rating Board such lawsuits are piling up so fast that insurance companies who write malpractice insurance for lawyers have been losing money for the last seven years They have paid out around 8102 in claims for every dollar premium taken in Fifteen years ago only 5 or 10 per cent of all lawyers bothered to buy malpractice insurance With the Today probably half of the Chief of Raff Haim Bar-Le- v formed tank crewset inspected 214000 lawyers in private still far off botE Israelis and Irabs are maintaining combat readiness practice buy it According to Harvey Dennen-berprofessor iff insurance law at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Finance lawyers are going to be sued more and more for negligence or malpractice Of course not all the suits charge outright malpractice Most merely charge negligence DC-- A WASHINGTON "Laziness is what is most dependent under the discipline elect Stevenson of Illinois and Buckley-Byr- d accord should of no political party and that such seated senators as Javits of likely to get a lawyer sued make interesting and significant ought to make a majority of the New York Hatfield of Oregon especially mental laziness such Brooke of Massachusetts Cook as letting the statute of politics In the next few months voters in New York happier too The move toward political ' of Kentucky Long of Louisiana Senator Harry F Byrd of limitations run out on his Virginia now officially an in- independence in the Senate McGee of Montana Saxbe of client’s claim’’ said Dennen-ber- g could be of historical im- Ohio and others In the issue dependent and Senator-elec- t Other tactics that can get a James Buckley of New York portance It already exists in a sense there is something of both effectively an independent had tacit sense in several other the Republican and Democratic lawyer sued are failing to file 1 on time and failing to corresponded but met per- states The return to the Senate in all these senators show up ia court However the sonally only recently and struck of Hubert H Humphrey from In the formal sense however Minnesota und 'dines the imit off fine together angered client must prove the only Byrd and potentially lawyer’s laziness really cost In the closely balanced con- portant aspect of his political have the political bane him dition of tiie United States success in gratifying the wishes Buckley money to collect and a on which to stand as true in- suit based on failure to file an Senate the cooperation of these of many diverse dements in his and in this respect appeal on time must show a two independent-minde- d state without much regard for dependents the envy of a good many reasonable are they senators could be critical on formal political alignment prospect that the of their more disciplined would have been appeal issues that concern important This is seen also in the return colleagues Nixon to the Senate by an overBeyond that Buckley and majority of Sen Byrd have a civilized and whelming M Jackson of Oregon a Henry cultivated approach toward Democrat who was favored by public problems which is a to their patrician President Nixon for apcredit backgrounds and makes com- pointment as secretary of munication between them easy defense In a somewhat different Sen Strom Thurmond of PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -C- the priests have been “very Byrd will enter his new term degree South who Carolina became a are rowds with greatly enhanced status gathering around a helpful” “We’re grateful to the represents a high school in a changing This newspaper publisher son ol Republican inmovement Cardinal toward the in J Cardinal (John It neighborhood Philadelphia the late Harry Flood Byrd could not avoid and did not wish to dependent senator In other has been the scene of many Krol archdiocese of Philadelincidents Tempers are short phia) not only for the Commuavoid standing in the shadow of a states the idea has become not a bad idea There are shouts and name nity Tension Committee but for that is it prevalent whose lengendary father to have one senator from one calling The police are on hand the other projects his commispolitical control of the state oi A call Is nude to the office of sion has undertaken’! and another from the other said party so ao was for Virginia pervasive the Cardinal's Commission on Inspector Fox long He had won election after major party Human Relations which in The other programs menThe independent or being appointed to the unexpired senators are turn contacts the Community tioned by Fox included a term of Ms father but he consummer street program where Tensions Committee tinued to suffer from com- tints coming to represent a Within a few minutes priests 400 volunteer nuns entertained in balance the Senate does and it parison to Ms father’s political not make as much difference as are on the scene talking to ghetto children on 15 city genius the police and the blocks last summer raving the did which party actually both once it Now however the younger dissidents— easing the tension city an estimated 81-- million controls the That is machinery Byrd has demonstrated a still important because of and perhaps preventing a riot and a tutoring program conpolitical genius of his own by committee chairmanships but When the committee was first ducted by high school Catholic choosing at the right time to when issues to the formed floor six years ago the Youth Organization-Communit- y the get off the discipline of the into come Police Department Service Corps youngsters for their independents Philadelphia party Ms father created to run children That proown to offered equip the prints with inner-cit- y and Leielected as an independent gram is estimated to save the when helmets were called ' they with support from both If the independents are to be to go into an angry ghetto city about 8600000 through Republicans and Democrats in a listed on the practical neighborhood but the offer was volunteer service state which had changed greatly measurement of "These programs are not following party refused from the old days of the "Byrd cure-alls- ” said Fox “but they discipline when it suits them ourto wanted "We place machine’’ they add up to a rather im- selves right in the middle” certainly help ease the probNow there is talk of his in the inner city At least pressive number They could said Monsignor J lems Philip returning to the Democratic include Byrd Buckley Jackson blacks get to know whites and Dowling executive director of Party and he may do so but if he Thurmond vice versa” Senator-ele- ct the Commission Cardinal's does the point of what he was Bentsen of He said that although most of Texas Senator-elec- t “We are there as priests and talking about last year will be Chiles of Florida Senator-elethe people involved during iff see as work this of the part lost Byrd talked then of his Brock of Tennessee Senator- these situations are not Cathoreconciling If we were wearing lic political status in terms of they show respect for the or we helmets could badges comparison with the late George clergy not do this We feel and our Norris of Nebraska who left the "It’s harder for us to talk to experience bears it out that people in these situations Republican Party to achieve just be being there tensions because we're in uniform” he " in-lessened and we could go on to said “When in addition is That the best road dependent you’re getting meetings started The wearing a gun and holding a for Byrd also NEW YORK (UFI) -- Billy way we operate is to attempt to dub it’s difficult to give an Buckley is as yet completely Robinson 36 was walking down cool tempers not only of the of simple friendly impression untried He assured the vo ters of East 146th Street in the Bronx blacks but of the police” peacemaking” New York that he was a late Thursday night and Philadelphia's last major that he did not stopped in front of a building to inner-citRepublican riot occurred in 1964 subscribe to all the tenents of the light a cigarette Two months later the commitLONDON (UPI)— The EmConservative Party on whose When he struck the match tee was formed "We would like ployment Ministry said today ticket he ran and that he sup- the building blew up Fire to think that we have helped nearly 309000 British men earn ported President Nixon This is officials said leaking gas had turn potential riots into mere less than 836 a week and 600000 well and good as a political accumulated in the building and incidents a number of times women make less than 824 a strategy in a certain year and the match triggered the explo- during the past six years” said week on their jobs under certain conditions in such sion in the vacant structure The largest group of British Monsignor Dowling a varied political atmosphere as Robinson was hospitalized Chief Inspector Harry G workers— 48 million— earn beNew York's But Buckley also with severe facial and hand Fox who has worked closely tween 848 and 872 a week the would be strongest as an in- - burns with the ghetto problem says report said two-edg- KEEPING READY possibility of peace m g Caroline Richard Wilson’s Kennedy Is 13 Today Interpretive Report HYANNIS PORT (UPI) —Caroline Kennedy celebrates her 13th birthday here today with all the excitement of any girl who is entering her teens There will be a family party including members of the Kennedy clan who are here for the holiday Caroline came here with Hr and Mrs Aristotle Onassis and her brother John Kennedy Jr to spend the four-da- y holiday from the Brearley School in New York where she is an eighth-grad- e pupil A pretty girl with brown hair and blue eyes Caroline is popular at the school where her grades are said to be excellent Although somewhat shy she has many friends and is not treated like a celebrity A Secret Service man to whom Caroline is quite dose accompanies her to school but does not sit in on her classes Her privacy is almost complete as Mrs Onassis who "cherishes the privacy of my children remove all" could wish Caroline's friends say she has avoided going to dancing school and does not want to be a debutante an event that would not occur before she is 18 She has no close boyfriends yet is devoted to her pets which range from two dogs and some guinea pigs to a garter snake She recently gave up piano lessons because she showed no particular aptitude Although her mother the former first lady is often abroad with her Grade shipping tycoon husband Caroline is not A young left companionless Frenchwoman has been living at the Onassis apartment since early this year to keep her company and to exercise Caroline's French Caroline is enrolled at Miss Porter’s School Farmingdale Conn which die presumably will begin attending in 1975 after bier graduation from Brearley Pakistan Aid NJ (UPI)— Sixty million “survival biscuits’’ a’de to feed one million people for a were sent to flood survivors in East Pakistan Civil Defenae authorities said Thursday The biscuits stored in a civil defense depot since 1963 cost the government 8210000 a spokesman said day Space Firsts Two space firsts accomplished by the Russians in 1957 were the first object orbited in space— Sputnik-- 1 in October— and the first animal in space— Sputnik-- 2 in November Community Committee Helps Dispell Tensions ary or more likely something less distinguished in between more and more families are deciding on “collectors' items” when it comes to the interior Antique furniture rugs original works of art accessories many people have decided are not only pleasant to live with but offer an investment opportunity as well —a hedge against inflation Norman Crider director of the Antiques Center of America in New York ray: “We’re at a time in history when there are more antiques collectors than ever before Sales are fantastic" Alistair Stair president of Stair It Co antiques and The Incurable Collector galleries WIIAT TURNS HIM ON? An adult male gypsy moth — while only Hnch long— is shown in extreme cToae-u- p Its reaction to various lures Is recorded by Department of Agriculture scientists Researchers have developed a powerful synthetic lure Indistinguishable from the female moth's attractant which can be used In traps to capture the pest that defoliates great numbers of trees 8225000 The verdict was against both the insurance company and its policyholder who had caused the fetal accident His estate the lawyer pay a substantial promptly sued the company and sum for such a risk in the its lawyer for blocking the effort to save 8500 810000 settlement The insurOthtr successful malpractice ance company finally settled suits have been based on bad for 869000 but the court made advice failure to observe local I 1 32" ROUND TABLE A CHAIR VINYL SET WITH “WET-LOOTOP Rugged aluminum 2 - arm chairs with foam padded seats Set folds and stores easily YAHTZEE It malm you think having funl Al tha family can play Oy LOWE SPECIAL I $1989 198 Reg Reentry Glider XRG-- 1 No 6360 Flat only with a Mattel aitrinaut (or linulated waipht) in cockpit Rag 333 1 LO Magnetic Gystery SIZZLERS Laguna Oval Set Raco iiiilar around TOP your tha hot oval recharga and raco again lap after lap ct Surprise rOT Rune apt over down undar and around 9 1295 B Robinson y this sentiment “Our this year is not quite as last but last year best in our 58 years” Stair feels that “antiques echoes business as good was the well bought laws careless preparation of documents failure to keep records exceeding the power iff attorney and some of course on outright malfeasance and embezzlement LOOK AT THESE CHRISTMAS BARGAINS 5 British Pay ‘Collector’s Items’ Are Popular By DOROTHEA M BROOKS NEW YORK (UPI) Whether they live in a carefully Colonial restored the latest California contempor- "Lots iff lawyers are getting burned with suits for being careless on checking titles” Dennenberg said “If a lawyer fails to discover a lien he may ultimately have to pay it off for his client "Wills are and estates another prolific source of professional liability suits” the professor said “If a lawyer fails to notify some heir or claimant who is not his client about property due him from the estate and a loss results he can be sued for negligence” Automobile and other accident claims can be real liability traps for lawyers Dennenberg cited one attorney who lost heavily trying to save a huge 8500 for a client insurance company The claim could have been settled for 810000 but the lawyer wouldn't let the company pay more than 81500 The case went to trial and the judgement was - “ provide Crider who directs the recently established Antiques h Center a building housing 110 different antiques shops says there is “good reason why collecting no longer can be classified only as a hobby motivated by nostalgia and a reverence for the old and the rare or the unusual the beautiful" As an example he reviews what is happening in the field of Art Nouveau concerned with the art furni-tw- e and artifacts of the early block-throug- not only the pleasure iff living with fine things but the opportunity to recover or make a profit on the original purchase price should your tastes or circumstances change” The value of specific items of course fluctuates with demand availability and trends in collecting Generally speakhowever the collector ing whose purpose is to assemble a lovely home and who chooses from the many tried and true periods the staples so to speak those things with universal appeal which are growing more scarce each year stands a good chance of making money on his purchase should he desire to sell 1909s ' “A pair of Tiffany bronze candlesticks for instance are priced at 8300 Three years ago they sold for 880 ten years ago they could have been bought for 810 An Lidiscent blue Tiffany vase worth 825 ten years ago and 8110 three years ago now is priced at 8275” Although antiques commonly are considered to be items at least 100 years old collecting for the home and for investment is not limited to the already antique Some collectors invest in new things buying with an eye to the future counting on their taste to choose items that will appreciate in value over the yean In this category of course are the works iff living artists (the work of an artist of any repute will automatically increase in value at his death) Many choose fine decorator or limitobjects ed edition items —and a number of enterprises have grown up to serve this market For the young —or the new the experts advise: Study before you buy Read books art magazines Visit museums and galleries Follow the auctions Develop your taste Buy with a purpose —one-of-a-ki- f Ramrod Smoking FANNER 50 Singla hokter sat Reg I ROD RUtlHER 5 SPEEDWAY SIT am iw ti OOStll nnll'LiS £44 tOWII w ImmIm Iwi I I 199 Cinkit CatfomiaBRaceSel t5SVi v v raw'll ' siCsTl MONGOOSE Sizzlers Race Set ‘A v SNAKE DRAG J RACE SET Tm CALIFORNIA 18 racing with two cart Dual lane strong dual spaad braka and dual IMS Reg 2495 vs m Mi tag fate Ml 1 Mw twill SOS ant dag I I I I1 AS77 1 WEEKDAYS OPEN 9 to 9 SUNDAYS 12 to 7 p m VARSETY DEPARTMENT STORE 4th NORTH SHOPPING CENTER IB B 1 X I |