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Last month a Pennsylvania jury awarded $2.9 million to state representative Jane Baker for head injuries suffered from a traffic accident that she says left her cognitively disabled. Baker, who told the jury she “needs help with reading and understanding material and carrying on conversations” and is “virtually unemployable,” plans to run for a second term in 2002.
Wail, Britannia
In August in Tylertown, Mississippi, 66-year-old David Earl King and his 32-year-old son, Nathan Paul King, received prison sentences of 36 years and 18 years respectively for sexually molesting the same 14-year-old boy.
Recurring Themes
Motorist Jerry Ross pleaded guilty to hit-and-run charges in Augusta, Georgia, after he collided with a slow-moving train, extricated his mangled car, and drove off….Greg Bonnett filed a lawsuit against a strip club in Port Moody, British Columbia, after one of its exotic dancers took too wide a swing from her pole and smacked him in the face with her leg, breaking his nose….And a 58-year-old man died of kidney problems caused by a gunshot wound he incurred during the infamous 1966 shooting spree of sniper Charles Whitman at the University of Texas, thus bringing Whitman’s death toll to 15.
