European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 25, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7 a not san Diego a a judge has ruled that the veterans administration was not negligent in the Case of a woman who contracted the aids virus from her husband after he received tainted blood in a transfusion. Thursdays ruling by . District judge William p. Copple was the second major courtroom defeat for Dorothy Polikoff who lost a similar Case against the University of California san Diego medical Center in state court last november. Dorothy Polikoff a resident of Rancho Penas Quitos who is in her mid-60s, sought More than $1 million from the Federal in aids cases judge rules government for various claims including the wrongful death of her husband and the ensuing emotional distress. A the tragic situation Here is that she could have been saved she could have been spared from this disease a attorney Michael Moriarty said in his closing argument thursday. Government attorneys argued that in the mid-1980s, when Polikoff husband received the infected blood the risk of contracting aids from blood transfusions was minimal. They also contended the a had no Legal duty to test Dorothy Polikoff or her husband for the virus. A the Standard of care simply did not require testing of the Polikoff in june 1986,�?� said assistant . Attorney Julie Zatz. William Polikoff a veterans administration Hospital heart patient was sent to a cd medical Center in january 19s4 for bypass surgery. He received blood carrying both aids and hepatitis b viruses. Doctors discovered Dorothy Polikoff was infected with hepatitis b in june t986, but did not test for aids. Her husband died in december 1987.moriarty contended the a had a duty to test Dorothy Polikoff or Tell her that testing was available. Dorothy Polikoff said she made several unsuccessful requests for such testing. Zatz maintained there was no record of Dorothy Polikoff requests and that medical care in the mid-1980s did not mandate aids testing in hepatitis cases. Zatz argued that holding the veterans administration liable in the cases was not permitted under the Federal tort claims act because it would hold government doctors to a higher Standard than that required of private physicians. A san Diego county Superior court jury ruled nov. 16 that a cd medical Center was not negligent in William poli Koffs death. Quot conservationists to ruling on 3ian tuna Washington apr conservationists Are at Clos ruling . Boycott of tuna imports from countries whose fish tacking a Trade panel that seeks to overturn a Ltd a  Quot a \ amp w v 5 Ihms. F whale of a problem the citizens of Kennebunkport Maine had a big problem on their hands when the carcass of a 61-foot Sinback whale washed ashore earlier this week. After Var ious local agencies refused to dispose of the carcass Dan Beard pictured Here on Friday and a group of residents towed the dead whale out to sea. Crmen kill too Many dolphins. The ruling came last week from a panel set up by the general agreement on tariffs and Trade Gattan organization that regulates world Commerce. It consisted of experts from Switzerland Uruguay and Hungary. Congress has banned imports of tuna from countries whose fishermen kill too Many dolphins in the course of netting tuna. Dolphins Are mammals and drown when kept under water too Long. American authorities have banned tuna from Mexico Venezuela and Vanuatu a the Pacific Island Republic formerly known As the new hebrides. Because these countries Export to Japan prance Italy Costa Rica and Panama imports from those nations also Are forbidden. The panel working under rules that favor free Trade found that the United states had no right to do that. Its ruling goes before the Gatt Council which has 108 member countries including the United states. The councils next meeting is scheduled for oct. 8 in  we urge the United states to Block consideration of the panels decision from Ever reaching a full vote by gait members a said Nina Young an expert on Marine mammals at the Center for Marine conservation a private wildlife Protection  track charged suspect in father s death Houston up two Sisters angered that police had not arrested a suspect in their fathers death found the Man themselves and saw to it he was taken to jail. Eugene Lively 50, of the Woodlands was killed june 3 in a two car collision. The second Driver Scottie Johnson 17, allegedly ran a Stop sign and hit Lively a car. Johnson was charged with criminal negligent homicide six weeks later but was never arrested. Lively a daughters a Elizabeth Lively and Alice Mchugh a knew Johnson lived in the area near the Accident scene so they went looking for him. A we decided to take the route away from the scene that we thought the Driver would have taken a Lively said. A we had a description of  the Sisters noticed a Man Matching Johnson a description walking into a House and called Harris county constables. Johnson was arrested and jailed in lieu of $500 Bond. Lively a daughters hav scheduled a meeting with a prosecute to seek explanations for the delays in handling their fathers Case. . Sets compensation amounts for nuclear exposed cancer victims Washington a the government moved a step closer Friday to providing payments to cancer victims who mined uranium or lived downwind from nuclear bomb tests in the Nevada desert during the 1950s and Early 1960s. It issued regulations under which those who Are deemed eligible will be Able to receive compensation ranging from $50,000 to $100,000 each. Up to 500 uranium miners Many of them Navajo indians in five Western states and Between 900 and 1,100 Down Winders in certain counties of Nevada Utah and Arizona or their survivors Are eligible for the compensation. The measure provides similar compensation for workers who developed cancer after participating in testing of atmospheric atomic weapons at Sites in Nevada the Pacific Ocean or near Alamogordo . The Justice department said it has created a special radiation exposure compensation unit in its civil division to process and adjudicate claims through employment health and other records held by the Federal and state governments. Congress last year approved establishing a $100 million Trust fund to compensate what lawmakers from the Western states called the forgotten veterans of the cold War a those who developed radiation related illnesses from uranium mining or the nuclear weapons testing program. Money has yet to be appropriated for the program. Miners who worked in underground uranium mines in Colorado new Mexico Arizona Wyoming or Utah any time Between Jan. 1, 1947, and dec. 31, 1971, and were exposed to unsafe Levels of radiation or their survivors Are eligible for up to $100,000 each. Residents of Nevada Arizona and Utah counties downwind from the Nevada test Sites or their survivors Are eligible for up to $50,000 each. Fender Bender leads to shooting death Washington a three Young men irate Over a fender Bender beat and fatally shot a Motorist on his Way Home from his 65th birthday party family members said. Relatives of Plato Rufus Mayo said the attack followed a rear end collision of two cars in Southeast Washington on thursday night. They said the three men who had been in the Lead car first beat Mayo and then shot him with a pistol. The assailants then fled according to the account of witnesses cited by mayors friends and relatives. District of Columbia homicide detectives were investigating. They declined to comment on their findings. A the Washington Post quoted an unnamed police source As saying that the account of the incident Given by the relatives was Correct. No arrests had been made As of Friday night. Friends and relatives of the victim said damage to the car driven by the three men was not extensive. A i done to understand it a said James Mayo the victims brother. A a in a trying to understand it. I think this is one of the most a timid kill Init a that could Ever Hannen a