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Thursday, February 2, 1984/The Battalion/Page £ Texas Supreme Court allows $1 million award - A G'/Hnotl offering frail :lical problt: liis body far lions, arritl Houston hospl undergo a W :int, which ii((. save the di Career-seeking crowds Photo by KATHERINE HURT )avisjr.,thett Ferry Davis ] , had been Ik :ion in Primr Jical Center: Utah, where days. He safe Combined y, a condilioc, orn without ettion Flocks of students crowded the Blocker building Wednesday for the Career Fair. The fair featured displays from numerous companies and will run through Thursday. United Press International AUSTIN — A $1 million award to a Port Neches woman for the mental anguish and loss of companionship she suffered because of the 1979 electrocu tion of her son was not excessive, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The high court refused to overturn a judgment against Gulf State’s Utilities and South western Bell Telephone that re sulted from the death of 13- year-old Vernon Lee Johnson. The youth was electrocuted when he chased a Frisbee under a metal storage building while playing at his father’s house. According to court records, an electrical line owned by Gulf States had sagged and made contact with the building be cause it was suspended from a broken Southwestern Bell utility pole. The award, which totalled SL020,000, was to be given en tirely to the child’s mother, Paula Reed. Reed and her hus band, Vernon Lee Johnson, Sr., were separated. According to court testi mony, Reed subsequently suf fered a “severe depressive reac tion,” weight loss and had trou ble sleeping. A district court jury awarded her $500,000 for mental anguish, $500,000 and for loss of “society” with her son, $20,000 for the loss of contribu tions her son would have made after reaching age 18 and $60,000 for lost earnings and past and future medical ex penses. Gulf Stales and Bell hat argued against the award saying the child’s death was ai unavoidable accident and tha he should not have gone unde the building. They also argued the aware was excessive and that at least; portion of Reed’s anguish wa: caused by the fact she shot anc killed a man “six or sever months” after her son’s death. JUST HAIR A FULL SERVICE SALON FOR MEN & WOMEN Now Open - Check Our Specials Formerly with “We Cut Hair“: Goli, Geneva, and Brenda 693-6681 PARKWAY SQUARE-NEXT TO TG&Y NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY Poison suspected in deaths /r United Press International * , wrapped! iught to Tea:' .pital and ii| i to an isolaia nnpaniedbii: a seriomiil t responded | ■nt," ofHokl :xas Childmj jston Wedts RAYMONDVILLE— Inves tigators speculated three people found dead Wednesday in a ru ral area of Willacy Gounty in far south Texas were poisoned by a fertilizer residue found inside a nearby abandoned building. Autopsies were performed on the bodies, but officials said it would take several days before toxicology tests showed whether the victims were poisoned. Willacy Gounty Sheriff’s De partment spokesman Larry Spence said a passerby spotted one the bodies near a roadway 9 miles southwest of Raymondvil- le about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. Spence said investigators found the other two bodie near an abandoned out building where the trio apparently sought refuge from rain late Tuesday. Spence said the three, a young man, a young woman and an older women, appeared to be Salvadorans who had entered the United States illegally. “We haven’t been able to come up with anything that shows foul play,” said Spence. ! “There are no marks on the i bodies. “Apparently they went in this building last night to get out of the rain and we think maybe they ate some fertilizer in there and were poisoned,” Spence said. Dr. David Flory, who per formed an autopsy on the older woman’s body at Valley Baptist Hospital in Harlingen, said a chemical analysis and toxicology tests well be done at Department of Public Safety labs in Austin to determine if the three were poisoned. Flory confirmed there were no marks or signs of violence on the bodies. ATTENTION ENGINEERS Imp. ess your Prof l Neater labs-Better grades! Save valuable time! Make lab work easier! Also use with Curve Tracer! Oscilloscope pads for all Engineering needs! TTTP ill-! i. t - ■ i r| /X . . 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