University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, April 24.1991
Winning canoe
Timothy Miller/KANSAN
Civil engineering students carry their concrete canoe over a cameraman from University Relations. Steve McCabe, assistant professor of civil engineering and faculty advisor for the American Society of Civil Engineers, said the cameraman was making a promotional film for the University. The KU canoe team, which defeated teams from 10 other schools last weekend in Manhattan, will attend a national competition June 20-23 in Orlando, Fla.
Marine wins AIDS suit against hospital
The Associated Press
BOSTON — A judge yesterday awarded more than $2.7 million in damages to a Marine whose wife and son died after she was given an AIDS-tainted blood transfusion at a Navy hospital.
The judgment ended the second phase of a non-jury trial in a lawsuit filed by Chief Warrant Officer Martin Veldman that tested positive for the AIDS virus.
"The they just awarded more money than I ever would have seen in my lifetime," said Gaffney, 42, a computer specialist.
Last year, U.S. District Judge Rya Zobel found that doctors at the Long Beach, Calif., Naval Hospital were negligent and awarded Gaffney
Testimony in the second phase of the trial in Boston federal court focused on economic damages. Gafney's 7-year-old daughter, Maureene, has tested negative for the AIDS virus, and Gafney has said he filed his $55 million lawsuit against the Navy to provide for her.
$750,000 in emotional damages. She ruled that it a Caesarean section had been performed in time on Gaffney if the mother's condition would not have been necessary.
Attorneys for the government had proposed a $1.5 million settlement. During the trial, Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Elizabeth Carmody said it would have been when Gaffney would no longer be able to work because of his disease.
Boy drowns in farm pond near Baldwin
Kansan staff report
A boy drowned in a farm pond yesterday evening, according to a Douglas County Sheriff's office report.
The boy, 4, was found in a pond west of Route 3 near Baldwin.
Police would not release the name of the boy until all family members were notified
Police responded to a call at 5:19 p.m., according to the report.
The boy was transported by ambulance from Baldwin to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The boy was pronounced dead on arrival.
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