Ruling may have effect on Paula Jones lawsuit
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it will hear a case which is expected to have an effect on Paula Jones' lawsuit against President Bill Clinton.
Kimberly Ellerth is suing Burlington Industries, because she said her supervisor allegedly made sexual advances on her, saying he could make her job "very hard or very easy."
The company however, says that since Ellerth suffered no retaliation for rejecting her supervisors advances, the company cannot be held liable.
A federal judge in the Paula Jones case ruled earlier said that an employee can only collect damages if they suffer from on the job retaliation.
A victory by Ellerth in this case could have an effect on that ruling.
Robber's death blamed on medical response
LOS ANGELES -- After having been shot 29 times by police, bank robber Emil Matasareanu was not given proper medical care in a swift manner by police and died as a result.
According to The Los Angeles Times, after the gun battle which Matasareanu and Larry Eugene Phillips Jr. waged with police following their hold up of the Bank of America, Matasareanu was left to die by police.
According to the Times, Matasareanu was initially believed to be dead after being shot, and when they discovered he was still alive, delayed calling an ambulance for help.
A doctor at UCLA Medical Center has said that Matasareanu could have survived if he had been given "standard emergency care."
Cosmonauts make space walk, repair Mir
MOSCOW -- Cosmonauts Talgat Musabayev and Nikolai Budarin made another space walk this week.
During the course of the walk, they spent over six hours installing an engine on the outside of the Mir space station.
This was an orientation engine, which is responsible for keeping the solar panels pointed toward the sun.
The engine replaces one that ran out of fuel early this month.
It appears to be installed properly and working fine and ground controllers will fire it up in a few days.
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