European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sunday september 11.19b8 nearly $9 million awarded to woman suing id maker St. Paul Minn a a Federal jury has awarded nearly j9 million to a woman who claimed that he Coppcr-7 Infra Lerinc device made her Siegle. The award included the first punitive damages de Creed. The suit was one of hundreds of lawsuits Over in crud. After 10 Days of deliberations the jury ruled Friday that . Scarle & co. Wai negligent in testing and marketing the birth control device and Hal is negligence led to Esther Kociemba s sterility a decade ago. Searlch attorney Paul Strain said he believes the ver dict will be overturned. He said there were a number of problems with the jury deliberations including card playing in inc jury room. The Coppcr-7 was inc most widely used id in the United Stales before in was withdrawn from the . Market in january 1986 in she midst of the i ligation nearly 10 million women used it Between 1974 and 1986. Ghoul 500 similar lawsuits have been filed against Scarle and the verdict could prompt More. An Avalanche of Lud re Latch damage claims led another id maker . Robins co. Of Richmond va., to seek bankruptcy Law pre Lection in i98s. The award of $7 million in punitive damages marked the first time a jury has awarded such damage for a Coppcf-7-Rclatcd claim according to lawyers for both sides. The panel said Scarle s Ai ions showed a wilful indifference to he rights and safety of others. Card carrying comic the Aya touch displaying his Iran express card poses familiar question do you know me in this Case the answers yes once the Beard is stripped Anay. It s Bob Hope who s doing a spoof on Ameri can express advertisement for an Abc show. The jury also awarded Kociemba Al million for emotional distress and s750.000 for pain and disability ii did not award any of the damages sought by Kociemba s husband William. The jury also determined hat inc Chicago company was nol negligent in its design or manufacture of the device. Searle which is owned by Monsanto co., won i5 of the previous 18 lawsuits tried. But the Kociemba lawyers said none of the previous cases included Ai Many company documents or As much deposition Tes Timony. Experts called on Searlch s behalf said the Copper-7was thoroughly researched that the risks of Pelvic infection for rid users were artificially inflated in Many studies because of poorly selected control groups and that physicians and patients were Given adequate in formation on the device and its risks. Attorney Michael Ciresi s Law firm represents More than 150 of the 500 Coppcr-7 users who have sued is arc. The Kociumbas Case is the first in has tried. Ciresi Ted litigation against . Robins co. Hut resulted in a settlement of $38 million for 198 users of its Dalton shield id. Some 15,000 lawsuits have been filed claiming injuries from the Dalton shield. Robins paid about $539 million to Settle 9,500 of those cases and a court has ordered it to set aside a $2.5 billion Trust fund for Clai mails As part of ils bankruptcy reorganization. Sleep slithers away fast by the Washington Posl Washington Mary i Haugaard says she woke up to the sound of her alarm clock Friday morning glanced groggily about her Liny efficiency in downtown washing ton and then noticed a 7-fool Python eyeing her cat the cat was paralysed with fear. It was Faller than my Cal and in was in various y shapes with its i talc head poking up said Haugaard who was lying on a mattress on the floor Wilhm six feet of most anyone s worst Nightmare i did t scream. I just stood up in bed picked up my cat woke up my Boyfriend and got Oul of there. The Gold and Brown patterned Python apparently had slithered into Haugaard s second floor apartment from an outside ledge knocking Over her Oasler As it entered through an open Kitchen window. The 28-year old hotel desc clerk and part time Slud enl said she shudders to think what might have happened to her Cal Simon if the alarm had t roused Heral 6 30 . Pythons Are nol venomous but when hungry they wrap themselves around i hair prey suffocating it and swallowing in whole. The building s resident manager had just called Ani Mal control when Haugaard s neighbor Down the Hall turned up to take matters and Snake in hand. He calmly removed the hissing reptile which he identified As a burmese Python and said he would turn it Over to a Friend at the  no Snake look up emergency residence at the zoo Friday and Haugaard s Boyfriend Richard mar Cus said he suspects the Snake May have been the neighbor s wandering Pel. ,. If it s nol his then somebody s Python is missing said Haugaard who has put a screen there was no visibility. Stateside record setting Turtle to be exhibited in Bronx Boston Cap a world record snapping Turtle recently captured by a Maine Man. Will be exhibited this Winter at the Bronx zoo before being returned o the wild the Massachusetts division of fisheries and wildlife said Friday. John Rogers caught the a Urtle which weighs 67 pounds and has a Shell length of 19.b inches in an undisclosed area in Northern Middlesex county with its head neck and fool Long Tail measured it is More than 3 feet Long. The former world record Turtle caught by a Fisherman in Minnesota in 1986, weighed 65 w pounds and had a Shell 19.2 inches Long. British conglomerate buys Parker pen company Janesville wis. Up Parker pen Usa Ltd. Has been sold to British Industrial conglomerate pc Lland industries in a Deal wort about 1326 million a Parker official confirmed Friday. Eugene g. Rohlman Parker manager of mar Keling communications confirmed a report bythe London financial times Hal pc Lland would buy 85 percent to 90 percent of Parker for about 1287 million. The Story is Correct he said referring fur ther comment to a spokesman in Roule to Janes Ville from Detroit. The rest of the equity would be set aside for British executives who led a 1100 million management buyout of Parker from manpower inc. Of Milwaukee in january 1986. Parker pen employs about 3,000 people worldwide including 500 in Janesville where it was founded in 1888 by George s. Parker. Bronze Star awarded to san Quentin inmate san Quentin Calif a a san Quen Lin inmate a been Given the Bronze Star which he said he had t known he won for bravery in Vietnam 22 years ago. Ralph Coleman was a 23-year-old sergeant in the marines when his squad was hit with intense fire during operation Prairie. He hurled Gre Nades and directed machine gun teams called for help and supervised the evacuation of five wounded men. "1 was just doing my Job what 1 had been trained to do in the marines he said. Coleman was convicted 10 years ago of fatally shooting his wife son and Niece. He did t Mantlo talk about the crime during the prison Cere Mony. The ceremony was arranged by the Vietnam veterans of san Quinlin which has As members 60 inmates and 10 staff members. The group discovered Coleman had never received the medal top controller suspected of abusing free flights Miami a the chief air traffic control Ler in Miami has been pulled off his Job because he allegedly hitched too Many free nodes on com Mercial airliners a Federal official said. William Aberathy is being investigated for possible abuse of the flight familiarization pro Gram which allows controllers to ride in cock pits to observe flight procedures. Abc Maui who oversees 300 controllers has been replaced temporarily during the investigation said Roger Myers spokesman for the fed eral aviation administration. Under the program controllers Are limited to eight free rides a year and Only one May be International. Aberathy has worked for the Faa for 24 years and has headed the Miami office since january 1985. He could have his flight privilege suspended for iwo years if the abuse is proved Myers said