News Scrapbook 1989

(San Di~g~Co.) La Jolla Light (Cir. W. 9,336/

orth County Blade Tribune (Cir. D. 29,089) (Cir. S. 30,498)

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The Board Jtedical Quality Assurance, burdened with a tremendous backlog of cases, is too slow and lenient, asserted the

said. The other 4,000 1,000 complaints not

includes Miller of the Food and Drug A?· involving ministration. The coru:erence this

physicians and 3,000 which could year is at La J~lla•M:r"ott.

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not be corroborated, were handled University of San Diego-based by other agencies or fell outside Center for Public Intereet Law BMQA jurisdiction, said Wagstaff. last week after releasing a year- Investigators proceed immediately long report characterized by the with cases that involve harm or BMQA as " rhetoric " and present danger and do not simply "sloganeering." bury them with the less urgent "Complaints are up to 6,000 a complaints. year. but only 12 physicians "That is an absolute exaggera- received ... public discipline last tion," stated Wagstaff of the six to year for incompetence - including eight years for case length, noting ... revocations, suspensions and that it's closer to two to three probations," sai USD la pro- years. Cessor Robert Fellmetb, director "What he is talking about are ofCPIL . cases that go to the Supreme Fellmeth , the State Bar's Court," Wagstaffsaid. discipline monitor, attacked nu- The BMQA has identified a merous aspects of the BMQA, in- number of reforms that it would elud ing; lack of resources has left like to enact and will discuss some MedTech Transactions by Lorraine Pa_rsons

The Fifth Annual Pr ivate Long-Term Care Insurance Con- ference starts Wednesday at the Sheraton Harbor Island and focuses on evolving private-public partnerships in private long-term care i nsurance . Educational workshops take place both days of the conference. • • • Kaiser Permanente, Scripps Clinic and Research Founda• tion, Sharp-Rees-Stealy Medical Group and UC San Diego Medi- cal Center host a two-day con• ference on the future of ambulatory nursing, considered, they asserted, a hot trend in nursing today. The conference, intended for managers, clinicians, educators, nurses and assistants, explores current stan- dards and future trends in am- bulatory nursing. It takes place Thursday and Friday at Kona Kai Resort. Topics covered include: management of ambulatory care in the '90s, oncology emergencies, legal aspects of ambulatory care and the ins and outs of outpatient surgery. • • • Dr. Clay Simpson, Jr., director of the Division of Disadvantaged

I> puty di r1ct a ltorn tr nsfcr sad ened them "Ile i n l.'d uncl r Wooen' only a g rea t bos.s and id Deputy District At- torney Do rn.nic Dugo, " but he is like a fnth •r to th Young deputies ." Suwc lfJ8 tht• Vista branch has bern known " Wally World, " where W Id n' d> rn111ance was . poken of t hroughout he county t a r ce,t h aring in San Diego, one pro ct•utor a igncd to the juvenile divi ion tnl: d a bout the North County office. "They c, I it W111ly World," he said, "because flat 's Phil Walden 's place. Th r ' ~ay controve r sy stirring th re" Sup •n or <'our t Judge Tony Maino, one• the t rget of Walden's rath , aid Wald n' ·•way of doing things'' r I t d I dominate pe r onality. ' nd w enev r you have that kind of a p rs 1 111 a limited geogra phical a r ea for pcnO

Car~ Klei I and Smokey ' al (Cal) City: 'I here were rwu I a Jollam among the fat cats ....,ho h wed up last week at 11,e ev •I Wihlure Hotel for the \Cm -tmah of the first Pat Cat C or te 1 ~ronsorcd by Tender ittlc I ite (lh late,t in cuisine mun ur for dipose feli nes) . One of •he La Jollans was < aq, Klem, the o ther was Kl in' Pe1sia 11, Smokey. This rirod1g1ous fe line was one of lour conte~tan1 ~·hoscn from m tli n 00 corpulent kitt,c\ in ti , rn ( hfornia. The cats ~er Jud ed on appearance, heft 12 pound~ m11 1111um), "cat- lludc " and ot her sp cial QJ1tl1t1c : ~o t wa Jake , f Body b Jake, th Hollywood h :iilhrnm gcr, S111okcy didn 't et t he toµ prize of $1 ,<'00 and a Ir P to <.:W 'I ork for the finals but a a runner up did bring ·' home a " l ,,, Cat Manor " the lat I i,1 plu h kitty hou~es. fat l'lll.

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721 cases unassigned and another 700 cases under investigations for longer than six months; declining disc1plmary activity; secrecy sur- rounding act ions; fragmented de- partmenta l structure; lack of con- can run six to eight years if fully contested and which allow doctors to practice during that time. meager and so trivial that death is weedmg out incompetent physi- Board," asserted Steve Barrow, chief lobbyist for CPIL, in a pre- Calling the study " rhetoric" and "sloganeering," BMQA Executive Director Kenneth Wagstaff vig- "This system is so slow, so cians much faster than is the pared statement.

of them at a budgetary meeting April 15. • • • Cal Western School of Law and UC San Diego's Connect have

organized the Fifth Annual San s1stency m dec isions, judges or Diego Biotechnology Conference review; the length of cases which which explores the relationship be-

tween Japan and the U.S. and in-

ternational development of bio- Assistance in technology. That takes place Fri- Health Service, speaks tomorrow the U.S. Public

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at San Diego State University's Scripps Cottage on " Addressing

An international race has devel-

oped over the last few years be- Minority Underrepre ntation in tween J apan and the U.S. in the Health Careers: Unfinished Busi- biotechnology industry, noted the ness. " Simpson addresses t he school. The panels will highlight progress made in the last 16 years

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countries, including basic research, health professions - which he now

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i n t ernation a l tionally, at best . Simpson has orously disputed the facts, conclu- Kimishige Ishizaka, Ph.D., head managed a federal Health Careers sions and the proprosed reforms in of the new La Jolla Institute for Opportunity Program for the last CPIL's study. "I think good ideas Allergy artd Immunology, and 16 years and directs also the new inves t ments .

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confrontatit nal- ·tyle of prosecu- tion, Waldci1 acknowledged that he ha. cau cd "much con "terna- tion amon he judic10ry and the defen e ha •· said. "Diplomacy is the first option. But if dip! acy doe n't work, you are loo ing at one deputy DA who is not fraid of confronta- tion. " Walden, owever, is quick to add he is • company man that has never taken a position not approved y Miller. Superior Court Judge Don Martin. on praised Walden for bemg a "hard-nosed prosecutor," but said that under his supervi- "Confrontat10n is the last resort," Walden

sion cases that were negotia ble went to trial, wasting court time and taxpayer's money Walden's deputies, the j udge said, "are a little mor e diffic ult to deal with than (p rosecutors) at other branch offices of the district attorney's office. They are a little bit tougher on their plea-negotiations. " Martinson , another of Walden's advisories, said he hop1•s North County prosecutors will become "a little more realistic" about bow they charge cases now that MaeNeil is chief. The judge said some cases fil- ed by Walden's deputies are overcharged, giving the district attorney's office an advantage

when pita-bargaining with defondant. "My philosophy i · not to over- charge," Walden said, but to file the appropriate charges based on representations made m police report . Many limes the evidence pro- vided by the arresting agencies do not substantiate the alleged crimes, Walden said. "Resolut10ns are then sought," Walden said, "to dismiss the case at a level supported by the pro- of." Walden also said that under his supervision, his office was no "rubber stamp" for police agen- cies, "filing charges just because some detective thought we a

should." In his most notable former Deputy District Attorney Paul Pfingst prosecuted Laura Troiani and five co-defendant· for the Aug. IO, 1984, ambush slaying of her Marine husband, Carlo Troiani. were charged with murder and the special circumstances of murder for financial gain and mur der while lying in wait. Mrs. Troiani was found guilty, but sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Four her male co-defendants, all former Marines, pleaded guilty to murder and are serving life terms. case, Walden and All six defendants

The last defendant, Kevin Wayne Watkins, was acquitted la t year. During the pro ecution of the Troiani, Walden shocked many by having the office of Watkins' lawyer, Brndley Patton, search- ed for evidence. The action spurred Patton to file a claim against Walden. Walden filed allegations with the State Bar that the defense lawyer acted as an accessory to murder by withl1olding evidence. Walden had reached the pin- nacle of contrr v~rsy "Controvers:i; is my companion and co-pilot,' Walden said as he smiled,' 'but truth and justice are

h •coming ch gusl!•d with the fact that I wa k epmg p •ople out of pnson that belongt•d there." On F day, Wald n sp •nt the t d y us a pro eeutor assigned lo orth County with the name pl t that once hung out ·ide his ofrtce luffed in the inside pocket of his sports Jacket. " lacNea l':,; already moved m," Walden said, as h ea ed back in dt' k chair he borrowed from a prosecutor he once d. spoke of h1 eputcd

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/Much Higher Salaries

SACRAMENTo-1-.J~te lawmakers should have much higher salanes but ~10ul~ get_ no outside income, not even edding gifts , a San Diego law professor told the A sembly Ethics Committee last week. "~t is an exclusive contract with the pu~lic '.111d the public should pay you for it, said~opef! Fellmeth, director of the Center !or Public Interest Law of the Uruvers1ty of San Diego. ','The whole notion of a part-time legislator keeping his finger in the pie was fine 50 years ago" but no longer, he said. • From Staff and Wire Rej)orls

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/ NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS / Defending peoplew ho don't have a voice

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By KATY BOUCHER J_J5'..) ( all 11 d terrnin;ih n dedication or JU I plain IO\C lor her counrrv but °'1"'0•11rP11o•Sc•tt < arnllo, 17, of I guna H ach, is a d fl'nd r .,..ho .,..orks I rbor Mun ipal Court in out of I lo wh r she IS tod.,y, that nugh1 well have sidetracked mo 1 .arnlio h.1s had to h.11llc odd D b ( ti I ·, ,IITI O IHS to th:1cnda wonhy au '. rount> jrnh!J e\\iport Beach llu1 to

alleging the day labort·rs were \ iol- ating trespassing laws. (arnllo in

health fare open to the publi~~ ALCALA PARK - Freelrealth tests and screening, including blood pressure checks, visual acuity testing, computeri~ed health ri sk appraisals and glucose testing will be available at the University of San Diego' s Health Fair, April 21, 8 a .m .-5 p .m. Th e U SD School o f Nursing is sponsoring the event which is free and open to the public. Educational booths and classes will be offered by various groups such as the American Cance r Society. · For further informati~n call 260-465/

born, 1 wanted to set a good example and education was the way" she said. "I feel we liv in the land of opportunity, so why not take advan- tage of it." . Living in student hous111g with her sister and son, and lnerally scraping toget_her dimes to gel through college, Camilo graduated from UC' Ri\'er- ~ide in .1975 with a bachelor's degree rn English and psychology. Two ·years later she joined the Orange County Marshal's office as a court bailiff. She found . the job unchalkng111g, ):Jut watch111g Jack Early and Jennifer Keller, rwo de- fense attornc)s in Orange County "real!), inspired me." ' Camilo decided to become an aJtorncy and graduated from LJmver- Sll£ ofSan Diego LawSchool inl9'85. xc1 led to be a lawyer, she worked for a large firm in San Diego. earning about $70,000 a year. However. she fou nd herself working seven days a week wi thout any time off.

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"I had all lh1s vacation time and never was allowed to take 11 - they offered me the money instead," she said. _Reali~ing money wasn't cverv- thmg, Camilo followed her heart io wh.at she says she absolutely loves doing. Leaving a plush office large bonuses and San Diego, Carrillo moved to Orange County, took a 50 percent pay cul and became a public defender. "\Yhen )Ou are a public defender , y~u Just d~n·r take cases through the ~ni:irnal Justice system," she said We seek altcrnat1ve programs like drug an_d alcohol rehabilitation and counseling." \nd Carrillo's enthusiasm has not gone unnoticed. Recently she was told she had bci:n cfeckd Employee of Month. " I guess my supervisor rcc- ~~mcndcd me," she said, smiling. Im. so pleased. This month marks my six-month anniversary here."

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"!' he road to the public dcfcndrr's oftice, ho.,..evcr, ,1 as not an eas) one tage 12 Carnllolosthcrmothcrni a r~1r acc1d nt. She .,..a, arrested for shophfling at age IJ. She became ri.. !'d~~~l~nl 5 n~ ga\ her baby up ( ommunil) C ollcge, only to find herself 1ircgnant a s c:ond time. She "as 18 and only m her second s me ta of college ( 11mll married hut .,..as d1vorcl·d thr > ar late, ~It r watching her father raise h r nnd her I t r follm\mg 1h 1r moth r' d ath ( urnllo vowed to be a good mothc, 10 her son, Lcon.trd, who 1s nuy,, 19 and a sludent at l C II rkcley "I .,..a so driven .,..hen 1conard .,..a~ . I atcr, she attPndcd R1\er~idc

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Debra Carrillo lives to defend a w o rthy cause.