Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.law From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: law Mon, Mar 23 1992 Date: Mon, 23 Mar 92 05:45:26 EST Message-ID: 03-23 0000 DECISIONLINE: Business Law USA TODAY Update March 23, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network VIDEO GAMBLING BEGINS IN OREGON: Oregon Monday joins a growing list of states that have legal video gambling when a test of the system takes place. Full operation is to begin Tuesday. It is one of five states to approve "video loterry" as a new revenue source in these cash-poor days. At least 17 other states are considering it. "We're riding a national gambling wave," says Kansas state Sen. Ed Reilley. BIG PAYOFFS FOR STATES: Legalized video gambling is paying off for states. Even while paying back 90% of the money bet, South Dakota's video lottery games collected $107 million last year, the first full year. After paying off operators and administrative costs, the state's share amounted to $46 million. Officials estimate this year a take of $150 million, second only to sales tax as a revenue source. MODEL GETS $1.3 MILLION: Model Janice Pennington, who claimed a 1988 accident on "The Price is Right" ruined her career, was awarded $1.3 million Friday by a Los Angeles jury. Pennington, who points to prizes on the game show, broke her collarbone when a television camera hit her. She can no longer wear bathing suits on the show because surgery made one shoulder shorter than the other and she has a 3-inch scar. FIRMS SUE DEFENSE DEPT.: A number of major industrial firms are suing the Defense Department for the cleanup of a site in southern New Jersey that has been polluted with millions of gallons of waste oil over a period of 20 years, according to papers filed in federal court Friday. Most of the oil at the Bridgeport Rental and Oil Services (BROS) Superfund site came from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. EPA NAMES FIRMS: The Environmental Protection Agency is currently excavating the 13-acre oil lagoon at the BROS site and burning its contents in an on-site incinerator. EPA is paying for this work with money from the federal Superfund. The firms suing the Defense Department were named by the EPA as potentially liable for the cleanup costs. The suit says the government is responsible for most of the pollution. CONTRACT AWARD STANDS: A General Services Board of Contract Appeals ruling that the Internal Revenue Service didn't adequately justify awarding a $1.4 billion contract to AT&T has been overruled. A re-evaluation of the contracts by IRS and independent experts found the AT&T proposal, though the highest bid, would best suit the government's needs. Rival bidders IBM and Lockheed objected to the award in July. SUIT SETTLED, DISMISSED: Del Webb Corp. announced Friday that a lawsuit previously filed by the Coachella Valley Recreation and Park District against the Riverside County Board of Supervisors and Del Webb has been settled and dismissed. CVRPD's lawsuit contended that the Supervisors had not awarded CVRPD sufficient fees under California's Quimby Act for Del Webb's Sun City Palm Springs project. U S WEST TO GO AHEAD WITH ID: U S West still plans to offer Caller ID to Colorado state residents by June 1, despite a court ruling in another state. Last week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that service is illegal in Pennsylvania. RALLY SUPPORTS WORKERS: A solidarity labor rally was held in Peoria, Ill., Sunday by United Auto Workers union workers to lift the spirits of those who have gone without paychecks from Caterpillar Inc. since a strike began Oct. 31. Officials say thousands attended the rally. BITTER DEBATE EXPECTED: A bitter debate is expected Monday in the Maryland House of Delegates over a half-billion dollar tax package. Proposed: A nickel hike in gas tax and a 20 cents per-pack cigarette tax hike. The plan would also give Baltimore and the state's 23 counties the authority to raise residency taxes. The taxes and the state budget must be approved by midnight Saturday. INVESTMENT TRIAL BEGINS: A trial begins Monday in West Virginia's efforts to recoup $279 million lost in investment funds in 1987. Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. is accused of giving bad advice that led to $78 million worth of losses. The judge in the case has reserved a month for arguments. Seven firms have settled by paying a total of $28.1 million. Another suit is pending. PITTSBURGH STRIKE CONTINUES: Talks continue Monday in Pittsburgh, Pa., between Port Authority Transit officials and 2,700 striking bus drivers and trolley operators. The lack of a settlement this weekend means commuters begin another work week without buses and light rail vehicles. Business Law Editor: Jason P. Smith. (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