European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday july 7,1990 a i a ice Case by Molly moors the Washington Post Washington a for most of 8-\ Scott s troubled life his Mother and her attorneys Hye waged War with the Justice department Over a 40-Poundh 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 depart ment rejected a $3.5 million settlement in Johnathan s Case 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 debilitating 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 a a Scott 29, said in a Telephone interview from her Nome in suburban Seattle. A the Hasni to gotten the therapy he needed. It to will take that much longer to undo the damage that Wei been  a we went Forward with this Casp in a manner we believed was appropriate a a said. Justice department spokesman Michael Robinson a we decided the most efficient Means of settling Dos 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. A 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 years 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 $300,000 wag awarded to his Mother and $50,000 to his father a apr a damaged Parent child  the pc Falte. Which has consumed Yeai of Karen Scott a life  her angry at her government beginning with the Mih Ary Hospital at up tip Undorf fab near Anchorage Alaska where  a father David at a 70-year-old retired i Ort staffed military Hospi was assigned As an. The courts have Vilian doctor hired Tal misdiagnosed $e6tt�?Ts Elf Eglal problems and performed unnecessary surgery on ftecj5he developed an infection Dorthe surgery and Johnathan was bom six weeks . He suffered oxygen deprivation be  weeks before the birth and that killed Soa amp a of his brain cells leaving him with a to Kocna of Tow Nebral 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 to terms with. Money does no to compensate for the feelings you have to go  but Scott added that the settlement a will definitely give 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 said. She 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 with a a a chair lift to transport him. Ise of the family a strained finances. Johnathan _ a limited to two 45-minute physical therapy a scions 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 of 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 trial 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 Mil hip. In appealing the Case Tjie government dropped arguments questioning the negligence of the doctor and instead concentrated on attacking the methods used to calculate the financial award. ? an appeals court upheld most of the lower courts ruling but recommended further work of the formulas used to determine the award. Two weeks ago with a second trial hearing looming the Justice department agreed to Settle the  of after checking into Hospital Portland Ore. Apr actor Gene Hackman who soon will be appearing in a film called a narrow margin Quot May have avoided a heart attack by a similar measure when he checked into a Hospital. An artery leading to his heart had narrowed dangerously and doctors had to re inflate it with a balloon Catheter the cardiologist who treated him said at a news conference thursday. A we think we got him just in the Nick of Lime a said or. Herbert Semler. Hackman 60? had just finished filming a movie in Europe called a Dinosaur Quot and was vacationing on the Oregon coast when he began suffering Chest pain. He came to Portland and the pain expanded to include his Arm. He was admitted tuesday to St. Vincent Hospital amp medical Center. A we did a coronary angiogram and found narrowing in one of his arteries a Semler said. A it was in a very excellent area that we could easily reach with a balloon Catheter and we dilated it a Semler said that if Hackman Hadnot entered the Hospital when he did a the artery would Nave completely shut Down and he would have possibly had a heart  Gene Hackman the doctor said Hackman was feeling Fine and should be released Friday. Semler said the rest of Hackman a coronary arteries look Good and the actor can return to an Active life. He said Hackman is not overweight does no to smoke and has no history of medical  the interesting part a we see this in otherwise healthy people a he said. The son of a Journeyman Pressman Hackman is a former truck Driver who did no to pursue acting until he was in his 30s. His most acclaimed role so far was As the rough and Tumble narcotics co Popeye Doyle in 1971�?Ts a the French  that role won him an Academy award son she oked Washington apr Federal regulators on thursday ordered president Bush a son Neil to appear at a Public hearing to explain  As a savings and loan officer he approve Loans to a business partner. \ administrative charges of conflict of interest against the presidents son will be taken up at the september hearing regulators said. \ the Loans to business partner &11 l. A a Quot in flare office of Thrift supervision. At the time of the transactions the younger Bush was a director of Silverado banking savings and loan association in Denver. Bush in a reply denied he had violated his duty As a director. He denied a number of specific charges and said in response to others thache a lacks sufficient present knowledge or information to orm a belief As 6 the  the administrative charges filed in february and Bush a reply a month later both were made Public for the first time thursday under a new Thrift office policy. The House banking committee released a preliminary draft of the charges in june. An administrative Law judge is scheduled to hear the Bush Case sept. 25 in Denver before making a recommendation to Thrift office director Timothy Ryan. James no slap an attorney for the younger Buslje said a Public hearing could be exploited for political purposes but expressed Confidence that the judge would Reader a fair opinion. A i to rank its unfortunate if it creates a wait Cal sideshow or a Media sideshow Jet to a still confident the administrative a a judge will decide the Case on its merits he said. Separately the Thrift office announced it was seeking a record $24 million in restitution and civil penalties from the former chairman of Columbia savings and loan association of Beverly Hills flt the office alleged that Thomas Spiegel spent millions of the thrifts deposits on Limo fines corporate jets luxury condominiums in resort areas trips to Europe for himself $7,000 in tickets to a Michael Jackson concert and a $55,000 gun collection including Uzi sub machine guns. \ Spiegel a close associate of former Drexel Burnham junk Bond chief Michael Milken built Columbia into one of Columbia is still a Alyss predict it eventually ii be seized by the government. Spiegel stepped Down in  will run for  a 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 he unpaid lobbyists for . Statehood with no official Quot duties. Jackson a two time contender Tor the democratic presidential nomination said on Fox televisions Quot morning news that holding the Post would allow him to help Quot expand democracy in the District of Columbia. Quot that s what Stater ski is All a tout a Jackson said. Quot More people live Here than five Stales we pay More taxes Hail 10 slates we pay More taxes per capita than Jackson said private Money worm 49 states and yet no vote on Capitol hh1,�?� have to be raised for a staff and a vote he said. A a it a taxation without pc presenta registration Campaign should he win. Fion. Its not fair. W e desert e  election to the Post would have no City voters approved the a Shadow Quot bearing on whether he decides to run Tor plan in a 1980 referendum. The City a president in 1992, he said. Only representative in Congress is a non Quot the two Are not connected what soc voting Delegate in the House. Or a he said