European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a . The stars and stripes Friday july 6,1990 Case by Molly Moore the Washington Post Washington a for most of 8-year-old Johnathan no waged War with the Justice department Over a 40-Pound be Scott a troubled life his Mother and Ner attorneys have boy who will never walk can barely talk and has Little control Over any bodily functions because of mistakes by the doctor who delivered him in a military Hospital. Now four years after the Reagan Justice department rejected a $3.5 million settlement in Johnathan Scase the Bush Justice department has agreed to pay the youngster $8.5 million in one of the largest government settlements of its kind. This was not a contest Over blame government attorneys conceded the doctors negligence during the appeals process. Instead a youngster with a debut at ing form of cerebral palsy became entangled in a Reagan administration Effort to control the skyrocketing costs of liability cases by fighting Large settlements. Karen Scott the boys Mother said the governments intransigence has not Only Cost taxpayers millions of dollars extra but has robbed Johnathan of years of therapy critical to his future development. A physically it has Hurt him greatly Scott 29, said in a Telephone interview from her Home in suburban Seattle. A the Hasni to gotten the therapy he needed. It will take that much longer to undo the damage that has been  a we went Forward with this Case in a manner we believed was appropriate a said Justice department spokesman Michael Robinson. A we decided the most efficient Means of settling this dispute at this time was to enter into the settlement  while Johnathan is mentally Alert his mind is trapped in a body that allows him to utter Only a few words. Scott who has two other children is divorced from Johnathan a father and said she has been unable to hold a Job outside the Home because of the constant care Johnathan requires. She has relied on her parents and state welfare programs for financial support. But two weeks ago after six Yean of Legal warfare the government sent Johnathan a attorneys nine checks totalling $8.5 million. Most of the Money was awarded to Johnathan for his lifetime care but 5300,000 was awarded to his Mother and $50,000 to his father for a a damaged Parent child  the Case which has consumed years of Karen Scott a life has left her angry at her government begin Ning with the military Hospital at Elmendorf fab near Anchorage Alaska where Johnathan a father David was assigned As an army my. T the courts have ruled that a 70-year-old retired civilian doctor hired by the Short staffed military Hospital misdiagnosed Scott a prenatal problems and performed unnecessary surgery on her. She developed an infection after the surgery and Johnathan was bom six weeks premature. He suffered oxygen deprivation beginning two weeks before the birth and that killed some of his brain cells leaving him with a form of cerebral palsy called spastic quadriplegia. A they the government have ruined my whole family a life said Scott. A when you know this child should not have been like this it is something you never come Tot arms with. Money does no to compensate for the feelingly of have to go through but Scott added that the settlement a will definitely Jive me some options with my life and will Supply Johnathan with everything he  and that she said will mean dramatic changes in the lives of every member of the Scott family. A it wont be such a hardship every hour of every Day a Scott  will move Johnathan and his two siblings out of their cramped Mobile Home into a new custom built House with extra wide hallways for wheelchair accessibility and a bathroom designed especially for Johnathan a handicaps. She also will have a Van equipped pigs on patrol three pigs pause to Root out evidence As they patrol Michigan Limestone operations Ltd. Plant the their beat wednesday along Lake Huron in Rogers hogs Are part of a six pig porker patrol used to scan Quot City mich., with Steve Truran safety director of the sea gulls from the lakes break Wall. With a wheelchair lift to transport him. Because of the family a strained finances Johnathan has been limited to two 45-minute physical therapy sessions and one or two 30-minute speech therapy meetings a week through the Public school system. Now Scott plans to enrol him in sophisticated private programs where he will receive daily therapy. Perhaps most critical to the daily routine of Karen Scott the settlement funds will allow her to hire a full time attendant to help care for her son at Home and assist him at school Scott said she Hopes to take College level business courses and eventually find a Par time Job. A her life was put on hold since this child was bom a said Carl a. Taylor Lopez one of the attorneys who represented Scott. The Scotts filed a $35 million lawsuit against the government in 1984, when Johnathan was about 2 years old. Weeks before the triad was scheduled to begin in 1986, Justice department attorneys and the Scotts agreed to Settle the Case for $3.5 million. But the settlement was vetoed by assistant attorney general Richard k. Willard who As chief of the departments civil division had been designated the administrations Point Man in trying to combat the so called liability crisis. A . District judge in Tacoma wash., tried the Case without a jury and in 1986 awarded the boy and his family $11.1 million. In appealing the Case ments questioning the instead concentrated on attacking calculate the financial award. An appeals court upheld most of the lower courts ruling but recommended further work on the formulas used to determine the award. Two weeks ago with a second trial hearing looming the Justice department agreed to Settle the  Bush a son on Thrift collapse Washington apr Thrift regulators thursday ordered president Bush a son Neil to appear at a Public hearing in september to explain Why As a savings and Loa n officer he App roved Loans to a business partner. The hearing before an administrative Law judge of the office of Thrift supervision is scheduled for sept. 25 in Denver. Thrift office director Timothy Ryan decided to make the hearing Public As Well As the administrative charges filed in february against Neil Bush Over the younger Bush a  charges sent to Bush a attorneys on feb. 6, allege conflicts of interest Between Bush a role As a director of the Silverado banking savings and loan association Denver and his other business interests. Bush served on the Board of Silverado from August 1985 to August 1988. It collapsed in december 1988 at an estimated Cost to taxpayers of $1 billion. He has denied any wrongdoing. The charges said Bill a Walters an investor in and Lender to Bush soil exploration company Job exploration co., received Loans totalling $45 million from Silverado they said Bush As a director of Silverado voted to approve them. Silverado also purchased properties from Walters for $58.4 million according to the document. The Thrift office also said Bush inadequately disclosed his ties to Kenneth Good a Developer who defaulted on Loans to  will run for . Shadow senator Post Washington apr Jesse Jackson said thursday he will run for one of the districts two a Shadow senator posts in the september primary. The Shadow senators will be unpaid lobbyists for . Statehood with no official duties. Jackson a two time contender for the democratic presidential nomination said on Fox televisions a morning news that holding the Post would allow him to help a expand democracy in the District of Columbia. A a that a what statehood is All about Quot Jackson said. A More people live Here than five states we pay More taxes than 10 states we pay More taxes per capita than 49 states and yet no vote on Capitol Hill a he said. A a it a taxation without representation. Its not fair. We deserve  City voters approved the a Shadow Quot plan in a 1980 referendum. The City a Only representative in Congress is a nonvoting Delegate in the House. Jackson said private Money would have to be raised for a staff and a voter registration Campaign should he win. Election to the Post would have no bearing on whether he decides to run for president in 1992, he said. A the two Are not connected whatsoever a he said