European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. April 21, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 King wins $3.8 million la. For 91 beating los Angeles a Rodney King having won $3.8 million from the City for his beating by police in 1991, is now going after the officers who delivered the blows.,/.,-.,/ ". A jury awarded the Motorist $3816,535.45 in compensatory damages tuesday. In the next phase of the Case starting today the jury will decide whether 14 defendants including the police officers who beat King bystander officers and former police chief Daryl Gates should pay punitive damages punitive damages Are meant to punish and deter wrongdoing. They Are often vastly larger than compensatory damages which cover a victim s medical Bills suffering and loss of future earnings. The verdict tuesday was far below the $15 million King sought but Well above the $800,000 that City attorneys said during the trial was a fair sum. King attorney Milton Grimes said the jury could add enough to bring the total up to $15 million. I still believe that Rodney King s psychic damages and loss of enjoyment of life exceeds any other Case we have seen from police brutality and that s Why we asked for $15 million Grimes said. The City remained Calm after the verdict which came nearly two years after the acquittal of three officers and a former officer on most state charges touched off riots that claimed 55 lives. V Joseph Duff president of the local chapter of the National association for the advancement of coloured people said the amount awarded was a measure of the depth of pain and suffering and the understanding that there is permanent injury to  John Mack president of the los Angeles Urban league said that i really Hope that we can now close the Book on the entire Rodney King tragedy and focus on racism jobs education and other issues vital to Black residents. King 29, was not in the courtroom for the verdict. But his attorney said the former construction worker and sex convict was not disappointed with the amount.  ,.y.\.we think that this is a satisfactory result said City attorney James Hahn. The verdict came on the fourth Day of deliberations by a multiracial jury. A file Rodney King who was awarded $3.8 million tuesday for his videotaped beating now seeks punitive damages from the officers and others involved in the incident. King who is Black claimed in the three week civil trial that White officers beat him after a traffic Stop be cause of his race. In closing arguments King s lawyers elevated him to the stature of such civil rights heroes As the Rev Martin Luther King jr., Medgar Evers and Malcolm a. Experts testifying for King said he had suffered per manent brain damage. City attorneys sought to mini Mize King s injuries eliciting testimony about his drug and alcohol use and a robbery conviction. Convict admits lying about disorder Phoenix a a Man who donned a wig skirt and stockings in a vain attempt to convince a jury that he should t be imprisoned for rapes his multiple personalities committed has admitted that he made the whole thing up. I m a manipulator and a liar and i guess i m Good at it James Carlson told a news conference tuesday at the Maricopa county jail. Carlson said he really does have a disorder called Dis associative personality. But he said he was lying when he claimed that he has 12 distinct personalities including a shy 24year-old named for Bud Bundy of the to show married. With children and a 15-year old boy  Carlson 32, said he studied multiple personality Dis order so he could fool the jury his attorney and the therapist who testified in his defense. I thought i could get into a mental Hospital he \ said. He faces up to 170 years in prison. His sentencing is today. Carlson said he was telling the truth now because he did t want to keep living with the false reputation As the multiple personality  he was convicted feb. 10 of sexually assaulting two a Somerv kidnapping a third trespassing m the apart ment of a fourth and stealing eds rpm a fifth. During his trial he put on High heels a Light Brown wig Pink sweater skirt and makeup to testify in a soft breathy voice As Laurie Burke a 17-year-old lesbian prostitute. Burke said that As one of Carlson s personalities she was present during one of the rapes which she said was committed by Jim the protector of the personalities.  -,.". I wore a dress and i knew exactly it was me wearing a dress Carlson said tuesday. The psychotherapist who testified on his behalf Edwin Yager could not be reached for comment. Carl son s attorney Anna Unterberger declined to com ment. Woman wins lawsuit Over cancer mistake Jacksonville Fla. At four doctors were ordered to pay $2.7 million to a woman whose left breast was removed because of a cancer misdiagnosis that was discovered before the operation. I m glad this part of the Nightmare is Over Eliza Beth England said after the Jurs verdict tuesday. England s breast was removed in 1992 after an incorrect lab diagnosis. The error was found two weeks be fore England s Mastectomy but no one notified her or the surgeon. The breast was found to be cancer free after its removal. This was a communication meltdown and the Vic Tim was Beth England argued one of her attorneys Rodney s. Margol. All four doctors involved in the Case were found to be negligent the surgeon or. Curtis Phillips. England s original surgeon or. J. Robert Benson who Learned of the misdiagnosis before the Mastectomy but did not notify her. Or. Edward Chopskie a pathologist who discovered the mistake and notified Benson. And or. George Katibah who misread a tissue  the trial attorneys for each physician blamed the other doctors. The doctors Ana their attorneys would not comment on the verdict. England had sought $5.4 million to $9.3 million. Nuclear sub skipper loses his command after Accident from wire reports san Diego the skipper of a nuclear submarine that ran aground off san Diego has been stripped of his command cmdr. Michael r. Flen Jcj who had commanded the attack sub Jeff Erso Rocity for nearly two years said he would Appeal the decision made last week. The sub sustained $700,000 in damage in the March 13 Accident the Navy said tuesday. None of the More than 130 Crew members was Hurt and there was no damage to the nuclear reactor aboard the $850 million vessel the Navy said. The cause of Accident was not disclosed. _ acquitted officer ired Miami the police officer whose fatal m 1989 race riot was fired tuesday 10 months after a jury acquitted him of manslaughter. William Lozano shot motorcyclist Clement Lloyd As the cyclist who was being chased by a police car sped toward Lozano. A passenger on the motorcycle Allan Blanchard was killed when it a crashed. / the Jan. 16, 1989, shooting sparked three Days of rioting in Miami. Later that year Lozano was convicted of  an appeals court overturned the conviction in 1991, ruling that a Miami jury May have found Luzand  sheared an innocent verdict would bring More riots. He was acquitted in a second trial in Orlando last  had been suspended without pay since the shooting. In firing him police chief Calvin Ross said the colombian born officer violated a prohibition against shooting at a moving vehicle and a directive tha allows deadly Force Only As a last resort. Half of water found faulty Washington barely half the nation s Rivers lakes and wetlands contain water suitable for All uses by humans an nature the environmental Protection Agency reported wednesday. Taking 1992 data from the states the Epa measured How Many bodies of water supported fish that were Safe to eat provided clean drinking water were Safe for swimming and recreation supported aquatic wildlife and contained shellfish free of toxic substances. The report released wednesday indicated that Only Ocean Waters along the nation s coasts were relatively Good with 80 percent Able to support All possible uses. In contrast Only 2 percent of the great lakes which contain one fifth of the world s fresh surface water made the fully supporting category. In fact 97 percent of great lakes Waters was rated fairer poor largely because of pollution from chemicals such As pcs and Dot from nearby cities. Washington a group of medical 5 specialists wants president Clinton to bolster development of anti addiction drugs which it says has been hampered by regulations. The government has failed to encourage development of new drugs to treat cocaine addiction and has stymied the pharmaceutical Industry the experts testified tuesday at a Senate judiciary or committee hearing. They recommended that Clinton Issue an executive order giving High priority to development of anti addiction drugs. While such drugs As methadone Are used to treat Many of the nation s 500,000 to 1 million heroin addicts there is no approved medication for treating the 2.1 million cocaine addicts. Judge s san Francisco an appeals court has overturned a Federal judge s convictions saying he did t violate the Laws he was accused of breaking when he lied to Fri agents and told a former mobster that his phone might be tapped. The 9th . Circuit court of appeals on tuesday also barred a retrial for . District judge Robert Aguilar who was convicted in 1990 of disclosing wiretap information and obstructing a grand jury. The charges against him must now be dismissed unless the ruling in appealed to , supreme court. Aguilar 63, was sentenced to six months in prison but has remained free on bail during three years of appeals