Friday, October 13,1989
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Companies also
agree to testify
AUSTIN (AP) — Two major in
surance companies agreed Thurs
day to pay $500,000 each and testify
in the state’s antitrust lawsuit against
other of the nation’s largest insurers,
Attorney General Jim Mattox said.
Mattox said the Travelers Insur
ance Co. and St. Paul Fire and Ma
rine Insurance Co. also agreed to
stop certain industry activities in a
settlement agreement signed by state
District Judge Pete Lowry of Austin.
In the agreements, both compa
nies denied any wrongdoing or lia
bility. The pacts say each $500,000
payment is for investigative and le
gal costs and “does not represent a
fine or penalty.”
“In essence, these companies have
entered a nolo contendere (no con
test) plea and have agreed to testify
for the state as the lawsuit continues
against the other defendants,” Mat
tox said.
The state accuses the insurance
industry of seeking to create a phony
“insurance crisis” several years ago
in which insurers claimed that an in
crease in lawsuits was forcing them
out of the commercial liability field.
Mattox in March 1988 sued eight
major insurance companies and
other insurance groups, accusing
them of illegally conspiring to boy
cott, coerce and intimidate insurance
consumers in order to drive up
rates, cut back coverage and create a
false insurance crisis in the commer
cial liability field.
Several other states joined a simi
lar lawsuit filed in federal court in
California.
“We fully intend to proceed with
our legal action against all these
other defendants,” he said. “As a
prosecutor, I can explain it to you
like this: Sometimes you cut a deal
with one member of a gang in order
to put the entire gang out of busi
ness.”
“We are asking the court to set us
a trial date as soon as possible for the
rest” of the defendants, Mattox said.
The state’s lawsuit seeks civil pe
nalties and restitution for consum
ers.
The civil penalties could range up
to $1 million for each violation of the
state’s antitrust law by corporate de
fendants and up to $100,000 for
each violation by individuals.
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Shark bites boy surfing in Gulf of Mexico
SURFSIDE BEACH (AP) — A 12-
vear-old boy was hospitalized in sta-
ole condition Thursaay after being
bitten by a shark three times on his
foot and leg while surfing with
friends in the Gulf of Mexico, au
thorities said.
Jason Largent underwent surgery
after the Wednesday evening inci
dent to close multiple bite marks, Dr.
Anselmo Unite at Brazosport Me
morial Hospital said. The youth was
in no danger of losing his leg, the
physician said.
Unite said the boy was sitting on
his surfboard in neck-deep water on
a sandbar about 100 yards offshore
when the shark jumped up and be
gan biting his leg. He said the boy
was pulled under the water but man
aged to hold on and get to shore.
Surfside Beach policeman Frank
Black said Largent was surfing with
six or eight friends who reported the
shark to be about 4 feet long. Black
said witnesses were not sure of the
shark species.
“He was hurting a lot and lost a lot
of blood, but he wasn’t screaming in
pain,” Black said. “If it had been me,
I’d have been screaming bloody
murder. I guess the kid’s pretty
brave. He’s got guts.”
Surfside Beach Director of Public
Works Pete David administered first
aid to the boy and waited with him
for his stepfather, Lee Centred, to
arrive and take him to the hospital.
Unite said he wanted to make
public the shark attack as a warning.
“The shark may still be out there
tomorrow.” he said. “Who knows?
We just want to warn people. If any
one else goes out there, well, they
need to know about this.”
The last reported shark bite inci
dent in Texas was July 9 when a 9-
year-old Houston girl was bitten
near Sargent Beach in adjacent Mat
agorda County.
Austin plans for species protection
AUSTIN (AP) — After a yearlong effort to devise a
strategy to protect Austin-area endangered species,
government officials, developers and environmentalists
nave signed a $350,000 contract with consultants to
prepare the plan, organizers said.
“It has taken months to negotiate it,” said David
Braun, director of the Texas Nature Conservancy. “It’s
made me feel like we’re definitely going to get this pro
ject done.”
Braun is also chairman of the coalition of developers,
environmentalists and government officials who are
working on the Austin Regional Habitat Conservation
Plan.
The plan will identify habitats necessary to preserve
10 endangered or threatened species, including two
songbirds, the black-capped vireo and golden-cheeked
warbler; five cave-dwelling creatures and three plants.
Implementation of the plan would involve the pur
chase and maintenance of permanent preserves to pro
tect the 10 species — as much as 20,000 acres at a cost of
$25 million, according to rough estimates.
The impetus for such a task has come from federal
law, implemented by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
which prohibits development from encroaching into
the habitat of endangered species.
The habitat of the vireo and the cave creatures is pri
marily west and northwest of Austin and in those areas
the federal law has virtually created an unofficial mora
torium on government and private projects.
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