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S.D. Oceans Foundation gives grant to USD San Diego O( t·an I- oundat1on presented the U111vn IIV ot S n Du go w1th il 10,000 grant I., t nionth to c I uh h a graduate hol II lup fund for the school's lannc S1ud1e program SI> l'rcs,d, nt u1ho1 Hughe ,llc-ptcd the d1 ck from Seth Brown, pre id 111 of tht found twn "Ir 15 our hope that the San Di~go 0 c,1n l·oondi.1t1011 hndo"c:d Manne Siudoc Sl'hol,ir hop fund will one day r-x e ti SI 00,000 and will finance the tud,c ol nuny deserving tudents over I989' ~re lnlt'tHI ti for US!) tUd(·nl whos · studies will help improve •mcnt of tlw L"i the years,'' said Brown Th. hol,u hip~. th fir t ol which 1s chrdul d for th<' fall f

Business Seminar Serles, continues Nov 18 with · Developing Organrzat1onal Excellence' Cost for one session is $15 Each seminar Includes presentation materials and continental breakfast. For further Information, call Jackie Frieberg, 260-4644. Distinguished speakers series, a lecture series focusing on the business activity l:i the United States, the Paci! c Rim and Mex,co. continues at t~e Manchester Execut 1ve Conference Center Nov. 17 and Dec. 15. Topic for November Is "Advising Japanese Business Clients." Conducled by Christopher Walt. a partner with Luce, Forward. Cost Is $15 per session. Call 260-4644. "The Hellenlc Tradition In Ireland," an art exhibit, will open Nov. 18 and be displayed through Dec, 8 at Copley Library. Admission is free. Call 260-4600, ExL 4261.

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OCAL CONCERT - Soprano Flor- ence Fogelson Blumberg, accompa- nied by pJan,st Ilana Myslor, Will per- form music by Mozart, Poulenc, Wolf and Fella at 8: 15 p.m. Sunday In the French Parlor of Founders HJI_II at l118/ Unlv~o :.ii"S':.,,,

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...AJlo.'1 P. C. 8 F., r IIU Bar Still Funds USD LawCenter '1:55' Will 'Give It Another Year' Despite Some Apprehension By JOE NABBEFELD San Di lfO DwJ· Tr.__ript Sl.tfWrit,r County Bar directors have unan- i mou. ly approved providing $25,000 next year to fund the San Diego Law Center despite ongoing apprehcn.~1on by . ome directors about conlmumg the innovative legal erv,ce. At il6 annual budget meeting Wedne~day evemng, the board also deferred coll~cting from the center the $20,000 the Bar lent it last year as fundmg according to Bur treasurer Y1rg1ma Nelson. The center, a joint project begun rn 1981 with the Uni yersjly_gfSan Diego Law School, will also receive halfofthe proceed from th' year's Blackstone Ball, put on by the Bar aux1lr11ry and heduled for tomor- row night USO provides non-monetary re- sources such es office space and administrative support. The center's final source of fundmg comes in the form of grants, which currently total about $150,000, said Carol Hallstrom, the cent.t,r's program director. Some Bar directors, including outgoing President Ned Hun- tington, earned into Wednesday's meeting hard attitudes on funding the center, generating some speculation that the renter may be wound down.

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more year, go to it,' " said Hun- tington "I still have all my ques- tions, but now Dan Grindle is run• ning it. It wasn't run before. You couldn't get budget reports, pro- gram reports. Dan is the kind of guy who will get in and make sure it goes in one direction. "If it nounders around, then it will probably be the end of the Bar's commitment." Provided other directors agree. Incoming President Marc Adelman said he's an unabashed fan of the center. "I've been on the advisory board since day one and the projects and ideas that come out of the center are unique and a real value to the ~-ommunity. No- body else can do these. r have no concerns. "It's a a continuous think tank of legal scholars - excluding myself. Everybody there's always looking lo ideas to make things better. There are many more programs to come. "I feel the same way (as Hun- tington) about Dan (Grindle). He has taken on numerous responsi- bilities and everything he has got- ten involved in has been extremely successful, including coaching the Bar softball team. rt got third in the league, and that's success given the talent we had."

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Craig Higgs chaired the center's advisory board before Grindle. "I think they both have done an ex- cellent job,'' said Nelson. "I think the center had some identity issues to define this year as to exactly what its legal status was and the direction of its programs. Call it a year offlux." The center expects to commence its next program in January, a joint effort with the city attorney's office to improve enforcement of ci- ty codes such as zoning, building permits, restaurant regulation and other local codes that don't receive enough enforcement. Both the city attorney and the law center have committed funds, said Hallstrom. Other program ideas are under advisory board review, she said. Hallstrom, who Nelson said gets paid out of grants, not the center's budget, called the center "a fairly unique union

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-----------;- fame brings her one-woman show, "A Lovely Light," based on the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay, to the Gaslamp Quarter Theatre's Hahn Cosmopolitan 16-20 for six performances. Tickets are $16 for weeknight and matinee performances and $18 for Friday and Saturday nights. ea re Sushi presents "Shrimps," a Los An..,eles-based performance and da;ce ensemble choreographed by Pam Casey and performed by Steven ijagler and company, to- night and tomorrow night' at 8 al the gallery, 852 Eighth Ave, down- lo~;hrimps" combines dance, movement and performance that looks critically at the "absurd ~nd unnatural essence of performing strive lo conceal or dismiss - namely,effortanddiscipline_-" One critic has written, "Shrimps' routine consists of more than simply 'funny looking': They mock dance world dogmas through other less spectacular but equally engaging methods. One of the most arresting is the use of verbal cu~s. i\s Shrimps moved through a series of gestures, gyrations and rela- lionships, someone was often call- ing out the next move." Tickets are $10 general. • • * The Old Globe Theatre/ University of San Diego MaSter of }i ine Arts in Acting student production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" opens W~dne~da,y al 8 p.m. in the umvers1ty s Founders Chapel. It runs through Nov. 22. "F.xo ct a different approach to Th l Nov · * * • codes that most dance troupes

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Nelson said, "My position was very strongly for the Law Center going on." It has provided the community with programs in court reform, establishment of the out. of.court neighborhood mediation centers, the jury selection process, legal rights for children, continu- ing legal education and, its current charge for the past two years, leading the implementation of the immigration amnesty program. "I feel it's headed in the right di- rection,'' continued Nelson. "I feel it is one of our (the Bar's) roles to improve the image of lawyers and to provide legal services to the community (beyond representing

Hallstrom said that sort of talk goes around each year. She finds it "appropriate review of the rela- t1onsh1p" between the Bar and USO and therefore unalarming. Huntingum said he has been less than satisfied with the programs and direction of the center and the ·hortage of communication via re- ports about what it's domg. He decided nevertheless to vote to "give it another year" because lawyer Dan Grindle, who became the chairman of the center's advi- sory board at the start ofth1s year, has taken charge of the center. Huntington said Grindle, of the El Cajon law firm of McDougal, Love, Eckis, Grindle & O'Connor, has proven in other Bar projects to be active and thorough about pro- /Continued on Page 41'

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L.A. nenvork of 20 attorn~ys targeted in federal fr ud investigation of fees

ways be the same. "What is abuse in the eyes of an insurance carrier is often vigorous defense in the eyes of the insured," King said. "Like anything in life and

Several insurance company law- yers said carriers belie\~ that, for years before passage oft 1e new Civil Code provisions, they were being de- frauded by the policyholders' law- yers on a massive scale statewide. One lawyer said he heard that bill- ings have topped $100 million in the past five to six years; others say the costs could go higher because the ' cases date back even further ''It's a $250 million problem to the insurance industry in California alone," said James P. Schratz, attor- ney and assistant vice president for Fireman's Fund Insurance Cos. in Santa Rosa. Other lawyers agreed with his esti- mate that policyholders' attorneys have billed carriers about $250 mil- hon since 1978. They say some attor- neys have charged fees as high as $175 an hour while insurance defense lawyers typically earn $85 to $125 an hour "We are very concerned about the problem of this msurance fraud and the adverse effect on the consumer," Schratz said. Said another in urance defense lawyer, "One thing I've learned in ail this is, it's very easy to rip off an insurance company." The complaints highlight a long- standing feud between carriers and trial lawyers m California Each blames the other for the current high co ts of auto, property, malpracllce nd hability msurance premiums

mvestigatmg charges related to the lawyers' fraud case, and the state at- torne) general's office is assisting, sourc 1d The u . Postal Service and Slate Bar of Cahforma also are looking mto reports that a n twork_ of ~bout 20 lawyers have b en chargmg insur- ance companies unrea onably high f and ubm1ttmg bills for unneces- ary work. Under state law, although the at- torn ys wor for the policyholder, th carrier must pay the legal fees. Th lawyer have represented gen- al babihty insuranc policyholders named a d f ndants m 15 to 18 unre- Iat d civil smts filed m San Diego and Los Angel datmg back to 1978. The matter has ~en referred to Se Lawyera on Pa'e A-6 The pohcyholders' lawyers have come to be referred to, generically, a Cum1 coun I. after the name of the 1984 appeal court case that pawned the law San Diego Feder- ! Cr d1t Umon v. Cumi Insurance Society. • mce that ca , the late Legisla- ture amended the Civil Code last January to set certain standard for Currus lawyers They must have five y ars' experience w m urance law and their rates mu I be comparable to thos b mg paid 1n the market• plac

law, there is potential for abuse. "I assume that litigation and ballot propositions related to Cumis will probably be with us the rest of my professional career."

The dispute culminated this week in a showdown of insurance ballot propositions, some sponsored by trial lawyers, others by insurance carri- ers, and others by consumer groups. The consumer-sponsored Proposi- tion 103, calling for reduced rates, won narrowly, but carriers almost immediately challenged the measure in the state Supreme Court on consti- tutional grounds. Insurance carriers have levied complaints that some authorities have been slow to look into their con- cerns about possible billing fraud by lawyers, In San Diego, U.S. Attorney Bill Braniff said he did not believe that insurance companies had any com- plaint about his office not responding to the accusations. "I think they are talking to you about ancient history. I don't believe they are still frustrated," Braniff said. He declined to say directly whether his office was investigating possible lawyer fraud against insur- ance companies. Trev Davis, associate chief trial counsel for the State Bar's attorney discipline system, said some allega- tions have reached her office. "Some counsel called us several months ago and said they thought some fraud was going on," Davis said. "The lawyer gave us three bind- ers full of papers. ·ne inches thick, with no index," ,J, See Lawyers on P 1. A-7

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