PAGE 10, WHMTY FWREP1PSS, WEDNESDAY, SE1PTEMBER 28, 1988 ~q9,~~3w Passenger shelters at Pickering station GO Goes POP When the new GO Train service between Pickering and Whitby begins December 5, an honour lare system called Proof of Payment (POP) will be in effect throughout the GO Train system. Passengers will no longer have to show a ticket or pass when entering and exiting stations-, instead, they will be on their honour to hold a valid pass or ticket, which they may be asked to produce in random checks by GO security officers. The GOing is Easy The new GO stations at Ajax and Whtby have been destgned with the new lare system in mind, as have the renovations at Pickering station. Under POP. pre-ticketed passengers will board trains without entering the station building. New shelters have been built on the platforms at al three stations. r - - -- ------ MO~ Free For a Month IThe new track beîng buiît between Pickering and Whitby is on a GO Transit I rInght-ol-way. That means: Only GO Trains can use, that portion of the trackI E)GO Trains can travel in one direction only Twin Pass passengers must board the train irst *Send us your answer, postmarked no later than October 19, 1988, to GO UPoints East, 1120 Finch Avenue West, Downsview, Ont. MMJ 3J8. The first *correct answer drawn on November 2, 1988, will win a free adult GO pass *good fora month. *Congratulations to Diana Shim-Ping of Pickering, winner of a free GO pass in last month's contest. GO Trains run hourly with extras at rush hours on the, Lakeshore line. Name Address Phone # Appesîimmle pze '.iue iS5-S30. dependini on tare zonc% hoen h% .4inner. L - ---- --m - - -m - - m . SGovern ment of Ontario Transit ED FULTON LOU PARSONS Minîster Chairman *HEART VALVE MALFUNCTIONS. Moôre settiements for Wiby lawyer By Debbie Luchuk Bilan Evans, of the Schilling and Evans law firm in Whitby, negotiated settlements for tbree lawsuits against Shiley Inc., a California producer of artificial heart valves. Last May, Glen Wallace of Osbawa suifered a near brush witb death with the slippage of an artificial heart valve out of his heart. Evans sucoessfully repre- sented Wallace and obtained a $3 million, settlement for punitive damages from the pharmaceu- tical coznpany. Others who had suffered similar problems with the defective Bjork-Shiley convexo- concave artificial beait valves communicated with each other as the case progressed, and as a resuit, others contacted Evans to negotiate settlements for simlar lawsuits. Approximately 120 people with this type of valve have <ied when the valve malfunctioned, and as of last summer, there were 125 suits pending. The two suits were launched by a Toronto man who survived the 1987 fracture of bis beart valve at bis home, Lillias.Howitt, 64, of Rexdale, who survived the fracture of ber beart valve. Evans characterized the set- tlements as "fair and quite satii.factory" and said that at the request of Shiley and its related entities, ternis of the settlements could not be publicly disclosed. According te published articles, the Public Citizen Health Research Croup (a Wasbidngton, D.C., non-profit organization founded by Ralph Nader), has recently advised that Shiley has been settling wrongful death lawsuits involving its heart valves for up to $1 million (US.) a case. The three lawsuits alleged that Sbiley was negligent in the design and manufacture of the Bjork-Shiley convexo-concave artificial heart valve and in efforts to correct the alleged defects, Evanýs said. "Shiley knew or should have known of the possible defects and malfunctions of certain models of their beart valves at the time they were sold and cistributed, and did not warn the patients directly of the risk or symptoms of fracture," Evans said. More than 200 incidents of fractured valves have be reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and more than 120 deaths have been attributed 'to this type of malfunction of the Shiley valve, which was the subject of a series of recaîls during the 1980's, he added. The valve was withdrawn from the market in Noyember 1986, after the FDA had' urged Shiley to cease production and distri- bution of the valves. Evans worked in conjunction' with the Irvine, California law firmn of Capretz and Kasdan. According to Evans, there is now an.effort underway through the courts and lobbying.efforts at the state and federal level in Congress to have cases brought in U.S. stateý courts by foreign plaintiffis sent back to country of origin. To date, the plaintiffs' solici- tors have been largely successful in keeping the cases in the state courts. In yet another case involving fracture of a valve, Evans is faced with an interesting legal chal- lenge. He represents a woman who died suddenly wben her heart valve broke apart at a - faniily barbecue. Toronto General Hospital, whose physicians implanted the valve, is now claiming own?çrship of the fractured valve, and will not agree to release of custody to Evans until Evans agrees to release the hospital from poten-. tial liability. Evans will bring a separate suit forward in Canada to obtain possession of the valve, so that iti can be analyzed for the cause of the strut fracture in preparation for triai. 71-lot subdivision proposed A public meeting was held recently for a proposed 71-lot sub division north of Rossland Rd. E., along the Osbawa-Whitby tewn- lime. There are currently four single family residences on the property, zoned agricultural. The applica- tion is by Kingsberry Properties, represented by Mark Foley at the public meeting. Access te the lots would be from the adjacent subdivision to the west, known as Mary-Lin Holdings. No comments were made on the application. CARA head reacts By Debbie Luchuk LASCO's recent release of information and comnients regarding test resuits and ongoing tests on the experimental bermn has brought a negative reaction from the president of the Corridor Aiea Ratepayers7 Association. Pat Dooley, head of the association, which represents 3,700 households in southeast Whitby, was outraged at LASCO's assertion that the berm was acceptable to area residents. "I don't know where Mr. Deeth got the notion that we wanted the berm there. Itý blows my mind that anyone would want a 50-ft. high berni of toxic waste," Dooley said. "It's grenerous of Mr. Deeth te offer this te the community," he added. The fiyers and., information circulated by LASCO were full of 'lialf truths, said Dooley. "There's a reason for such few responses (te their information packets). Most people have picked it up and said, "utter garbage," and thrown it out in contempt," he said. Dooley said that prior to the bernm, the only trucks going into LASCO carried unshredded cars and beams. With the berm operation,- there have been more trucks, and "more fiuff' dumped there. Dooley believes that the Town is' being infiuenced by big business and that, as a resuit, the Town is going against its better judgment. There are apparently other berms that LASCO could test, Dooley said. Why' endanger this pop- ulation? Why not take their (other bernis) test results and apply them here? "The ministry is prepared to, staîl off a hearing. We wonder why, especially knowing LASCO's track record. "But hearings are a farce to begin with. They're just held te make the public happy.'t CORPORATION 0F THE 4/ ~ TOWN OFWHITBY FALL CLEAN-UP WEEK OCTO BER il - .14Y 1988 IMPORTANT NOTICE 1. LOOSE TREE LIMBS AND UNBUNDLED BRUSH WILL NOT BE PICKED UP. 2. Brush, hedging, tree branches, and other similar type material wilI be picked up during Clean-Up Week providing that it is flot any longer than 2 1/2 feet in length and securely bundled. Loose and larger material WILL NOT-BE PICKED UP. 3. Household furniture, -appliances, clothing, rubbish resulting from the cleaning up of the grounds or fromn MINOR household repairs, domestic waste materials such as paper, rags, cartons, packing cases and bottles wiIl be picked up. 4. Collection will be limited to a combined total of NOT MORE THAN 12 RECEPTACL.ES OR BUNDLES per dwelling unit. 5. Each bundle or receptacle to have a gross weight of NOT MORE THAN 50 POUNDS. 6. The special collections apply only to dwelling units and do NOT INCLUDE COMMERCIAL AND -INDUSTRIAL PREMISES. *Your co-operation is requested in having aIl garbage out EARLY on your regular collection day. R.A. KUWA HARA, P. Eng., Director of Public Works