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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas
Page 5
"p$ Negligent Drivers
Get Relief From
State Legislature
AUSTIN <A>)_A bill that would
allow negligent drivers to collect
damages in court for accidents
in which they were partly at
fault was passed by the Texas
Legislature Tuesday.
The House accepted minor Sen
ate changes in the measure and
sent it to Gov. Dolph Briscoe for
signature or veto.
Former Gov. Preston Smith
vetoed a similar bill two years
ago, asserting it would raise auto
liability insurance rates by al
lowing more accident victims to
collect in court.
House members also debated,
but then postponed until Thurs
day, a bill boosting the amount
by which Texas motorists must
stand good for injuries in acci
dents they have caused. Some 80
per cent of Texas drivers carry
liability insurance to satisfy the
financial responsibility require
ment.
The bill, by Itep. Dean Cobb,
D-Dumas, would increase the lim
its of liability for injuries from
$10,000 per person or $20,000 for
medical expenses arising from
any one accident to $15,000 and
$30,000. Property damage liabil
ity would remain at $5,000.
Also in the bill is a require
ment that insurance companies
sell $250 deductible liability pol
icies to customers who request
them in writing.
Cobb said the increase in lia
bility would increase premiums
an average of 7 per cent but the
$250 deductible would offset this
and perhaps even bring a saving
of 6 per cent.
Rep. Richard Reynolds, R-
Richardson, said the liability in
crease “opens up, pure and sim
ple, an opportunity to increase
the fees for attorneys in casualty
litigation.”
The bill is backed by the State
Bar of Texas.
Rep. Ben Bynum, D-Amarillo,
said the $250 deductible would
“make it very difficult” for an
accident victim to collect that
$250 from the driver who injured
him.
Cobb went along with a motion
to postpone further consideration
of the bill because “there appears
to be a lack of understanding.”
The so-called “comparative neg
ligence” bill which was sent to
Briscoe repeals a longstanding
rule that a driver cannot collect
for injuries resulting in part
from his own negligence, no mat
ter how slight it was.
Under the “comparative negli
gence” bill, a jury would decide
the percentage of the accident
to be blamed on each driver. The
damages to be awarded the plain
tiff would be reduced by his per
centage of blame. If an injured
driver’s damages were set at
$10,000 and he was found 10 per
cent at fault, he would receive
only $9,000.
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Tower Wants
Dean To Talk
At Hearings
WASHINGTON (A*)—Two Sen
ate Republican leaders said Tues
day they hope President Nixon
will reverse himself and let his
lawyer John W. Dean III testify
at the Senate’s investigation of
the Watergate incident.
Sens. John Tower of Texas
and Norris Cotton of New Hamp
shire spoke out the same day the
top Democrat and Republican
on a congressional subcommittee
asked Nixon to permit Dean to
testify under strict ground rules
at hearings on executive privi
lege.
Tower, who is chairman of the
Senate GOP Policy Committee,
told newsmen “It’s in the best
interest of the White House that
the whole thing be bared and
cleaned up.”
Cotton, the chairman of the
Senate Republican Conference,
said that in nearly half a cen
tury of politics he has found it
is poor tactics to prolong and
drag out “some kind of mystery
or scandal.”
The faster it is gotten out of
the way, Cotton said, the better
off the country, the President,
and the Republican Party will be.
Reps. William S. Moorhead, D-
Pa., and John N. Erlenborn, R-
111., wrote Nixon that at the hear
ings on executive privilege no
questions would be put to Dean
that would “relate to his role in
the investigation of possible in
volvement of White House per
sonnel in the Watergate incident.
Moorhead is chairman of the
House government information
subcommittee and Erlenborn is
ranking Republican on the panel.
Lacrosse Club
Defeated, 6-5
The A&M Lacrosse Association
lost a heartbreaking 6-5 match
Sunday afternoon to the Houston
Lacrosse Club.
With the score tied the Hous
ton team banged home the win
ning goal with 50 seconds left.
The lead had seesawed through
out the match with A&M taking
a 2-0 lead at the end of the first
period. Houston surged ahead
with four goals to lead at half
time. A&M came alive in the
final period to knot the score at
5-5 on a desperation shot by mid
fielder Mike Mohkern.
In the physical contest, A&M
was penalized 27% minutes,
about twice as much as the Hous
ton team. Other A&M scorers
were Roger Livingston, Steve
Hill, Ron Schlitz and Brent
Hundley.
The benefit game for muscular
dystrophy raised $95, of which
$30 were donated by each team.
Marriage Forum
Meets Tonight
The Marriage Forum will pre
sent Karen Kareipke, a food and
nutrition specialist, to speak on
“Bargains and Food Buying,”
Wednesday night in the Memorial
Student Center Ballroom.
Kareipke has a B.S. and M.S.
in Human Nutrition and Food
from Virginia Polytechnic Insti
tute. She is a member of the
Texas State Nutrition Council
and serves as a specialist in foods
and nutrition at Texas A&M,
and has advised districts four,
five, six and 10 since September
1971.
Florence Henderson,
for Easter Seals:
Will you help a child to walk
...or talk? The Easter Seal
campaign is an opportunity
for you to mold young lives
marred by accident, illness
or birth defects. Please open
your heart... and give gen
erously.
March 1 — April 22
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