BRIEFLY : HOLOCAUST LAWSUITS SENT BACK TO COURT.Three lawsuits filed against an Italian insurance company alleging the firm refused to honor Holocaust-era life insurance policies have been remanded to Superior Court, lawyers said Tuesday. Nicholas Babos, Julia Sladek and Alex Friedman filed separate complaints earlier this year against Assicurazioni Generali Assicurazioni Generali S.P.A. is the largest insurance company of Italy.[1] It is headquartered in Trieste. Under the name of Imperial Regia Privilegiata Compagnia di Assicurazioni Generali Austro-Italiche, the company was founded on December 26, 1831. in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Superior Court. Each said the insurer acted in bad faith when it refused to pay on policies issued to family members who perished at the hands of the Nazis. Generali had requested the cases be moved to federal court. William Shernoff, the lawyer representing the plaintiffs, received news of the ruling Tuesday. He called it a victory. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Not clearing brush becomes expensive Property owners who do not clear brush from their land may be charged hundreds of dollars in new fees, under a proposed brush abatement plan the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. set in motion Tuesday. The council, in a vote of 10-0, approved an ordinance laying the groundwork for a new fee structure. The Fire Department has proposed charging hillside residents $13 for brush fire inspections, $204 in noncompliance noncompliance failure of the owner to follow instructions, particularly in administering medication as prescribed; a cause of a less than expected response to treatment. noncompliance fees if they fail to heed warnings and $314 for administrative costs administrative costs, n.pl the overhead expenses incurred in the operation of a dental benefits program, excluding costs of dental services provided. if the city must contract for brush clearance. - Daily News Valley man receives prison in money plot A Canoga Park businessman was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for laundering nearly $150,000 in cash he thought was generated through drug trafficking, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday. Jose Enrique Leon, 53, met an undercover federal drug agent investigating an international narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. ring in 1997 and expressed an interest and ability to launder Launder To move illegally acquired cash through financial systems so that it appears to be legally acquired. money, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Sleisenger. Lean owns the Travel Club travel agency in Canoga Park, the prosecutor said. Lean accepted $20,000 in cash that he thought was drug-related proceeds and agreed to wire-transfer $18,000 to Mexico and then to a bank in Texas, Sleisenger said. - City News Service Screenwriter sues Disney over `Ducks' A screenwriter has filed a lawsuit against Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Co. claiming that the entertainment company failed to pay him millions of dollars in merchandising revenues earned from the three ``Mighty Ducks'' movies. Steven Brill, who wrote the movies starring Emilio Estevez as the reluctant coach for an underdog youth hockey team, claims his contract entitles him to 5 percent of the gross merchandising revenues but that he hasn't received a cent. ``I think this lawsuit is going to be called `mighty bucks,' '' said Brill's lawyer Pierce O'Donnell. A spokesman for Disney declined comment. - Associated Press Reward increases on kidnapping case IRVINE - Gov. Pete Wilson's office upped the reward to $110,000 Tuesday for information leading to the person who kidnapped Rachel Newhouse of Irvine, who has been missing since she left a San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. eatery Nov. 12. The governor announced the $50,000 reward increase in the Central Coast city where the 20-year-old Cal Poly student was last seen around midnight leaving Tortilla Flats. On Nov. 20, Angels All-Star center fielder Jim Edmonds and sports agent Dwight Manley added $25,000 each to a $10,000 reward the woman's family had set up. - City News Service Council cuts city's dealings with Burma The city of Los Angeles
Council members said the city's policy would push Burma, which now calls itself Myanmar, toward reform. ``When we are involved in voting with our dollars and our pocketbooks, we are able to - as we did with South Africa - encourage a bloodless blood·less adj. 1. Deficient in or lacking blood. 2. Pale and anemic in color: smiled with bloodless lips. 3. revolution,'' said Councilwoman Jackie Goldberg. - Daily News Vehicles overturn; 4-year-old injured ACTON - A Nissan Pathfinder reportedly going about 100 mph sideswiped a southbound pickup truck on the Antelope Freeway on Tuesday, sending the 4-year-old son of the speeding motorist to the hospital with a spine injury, officials said. Both the sport-utility vehicle and the pickup overturned on a shoulder south of the Escondido Summit about 4:30 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. - City News Service |
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