Last January Andriana Illiescu, an unmarried Romanian writer gave birth to a daughter, Eliza Marie, by Caesarian section in a Bucharest hospital. Ms. Illiescu was 66 years old at the time. The child was the result of advanced reproductive technology involving the implant of a donor egg and donor sperm. The child was born prematurely and two prior implant attempts involved still births.
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Dr. Robert Johnson, an 85 year old physician from Lancaster, California sued the California Department of Corrections for age discrimination, harassment and retaliation in violation of California's Fair Employment and Housing Act when he was 81 years old. A California Superior Court Jury Awarded him Twenty Million Dollars.
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Large hospitals in relatively small health care markets risk antitrust exposure if they use their market power to compete against upstart ambulatory surgical centers and their investor physicians. A classic case in point is the recent decision by U.S. District Court Judge David N. Hurd in Rome Ambulatory Surgical Center, LLC vs. Rome Memorial Hospital, Inc. and Greater Rome Affiliates, Inc., 5:01-cv-23, (N.D. N.Y, 2004) issued in lated December, 2004 granting in part and denying in part the hospital's motion for summary judgment.
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