Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.law,americast.usa-today.law From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: law Wed, Sep 2 1992 Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 04:30:34 EDT Message-ID: 09-02 0000 DECISIONLINE: Business Law USA TODAY Update Sept. 2, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network TWO MORE GM PLANTS CLOSE: Two more GM assembly plants closed Tuesday due to a walkout in a Lordstown, Ohio, parts plant. A plant in Wentzville, Mo., and one in Flint, Mich., bring to six the number of plants forced to shut down, laying off a total of 28,500 workers. Plants in Oklahoma City; Lansing, Mich.; and Scarborough, Ontario, could close this week. WALKOUT COULD CRIPPLE SALES: The walkout by 2,300 workers at General Motors' plant in Lordstown, Ohio, threatens to cripple sales of GM's most popular cars and is fast becoming a test of GM's struggle to overhaul itself. Analysts say the outcome of the Lordstown strike, now in its seventh day, will show whether GM can stick to its plan to become a lean industrial powerhouse. AIDS DEFINITION CHANGE SOUGHT: Dozens of AIDS groups will meet in Atlanta Wednesday to ask the Federal Centers for Disease Control for a broader definition of AIDS. Health officials now define it as one of 23 infections and cancers that signal an immune system breakdown. AIDS groups say that, to more accurately reflect the epidemic, the definition should include signs more common in women and poor people. MORE COULD BE INCLUDED: Faced with criticism of its AIDS count, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta has proposed adding anyone with HIV who also has a low count of T-cells, blood cells killed by HIV. The move could add up to 200,000 cases and possibly redirect money and prevention efforts. The CDC's AIDS count currently stands at 230,179 cases. A decision is expected in several weeks. AEC TO MOVE FORWARD ON CLEANUP: American Ecology Corp. said Tuesday a favorable appeals court ruling Monday will let it move forward with a $13 million cleanup of a closed landfill in Illinois. The state of Illinois filed suit against the company and its U.S. Ecology unit in 1988. The company had to exhume 4.5 million cubic feet of hazardous waste at a landfill in Sheffield, Ill., west of Chicago. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT SUED: Members of five local citizens' groups in Waterloo, N.Y., announced Tuesday they have filed a suit against the Defense Department in an unusual effort to place a military installation under review for proposed realignment or closure. The suit alleges that Defense and the Army acted improperly in announcing civilian layoffs and military transfers from the Seneca Depot. GHA GROUP WANTS MOVE STOPPED: A committee of Group Health Association members went to court Tuesday to try to halt voting on a proposal to convert the non-profit association into a for-profit corporation. The GHA Member Rights Committee wants a temporary injunction to stop the mail-ballot voting process and to prevent GHA from spending additional funds in support of a board of trustees-backed conversion plan. ICC TO MEET WEDNESDAY: Illinois Power Co. hopes the Illinois Commerce Commission will reverse a decision that keeps the company from recouping $230 million in costs from its Clinton nuclear power plant, Bloomberg Business News said. ICC commissioners meeting in Chicago are scheduled to decide on Illinois Power's request Wednesday. An Aug. 7 ruling by the ICC meant that Illinois Power must write off $202 million. O&Y TO SET RESTRUCTURE DATE: Olympia & York Developments Ltd. likely will set a date for a vote on its restructuring plan Sept. 11, said lawyer Stephen Sharpe. O&Y filed its restructuring plan with the court Aug. 21. On Sept. 11, O&Y and its creditors will meet to decide how O&Y will pay operating costs until Oct. 11, when its creditor protection is scheduled to expire. CEDAR FILES CHAPTER 11: Cedar Group Inc. Tuesday announced it has filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in Pennsylvania. A spokesman said the move was made to protect the company's asset base and ongoing operations for the overall benefit of the shareholders, employees and creditors. The company said it plans internal changes to stabilize operations. TEACHER STRIKES ANNOUNCED: The Michigan Federation of Teachers & School-Related Personnel announced strikes Tuesday. A meeting is scheduled with a mediator in Detroit, but no progress has been reported. There is no progress in negotiations and 18 unresolved issues in Taylor. The 55-member Hillel Federation in Farmington agreed to stop work. The Inkster Federation of Teachers will meet with a mediator Thursday. AUTO REPAIR CONFERENCE SET: Michigan Attorney General Frank J. Kelley will hold a news conference Wednesday in his conference room in the Law Building in Lansing. He plans to announce a nationwide automotive repair practices settlement. The announcement will be made at 3 p.m. ET. Business Law Editor: Beth Mann. (919-855-3491) Making copies of USA TODAY Update (Copyright, 1992) for further distribution violates federal law. This article is copyright 1992 Gannett News Service. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM