Transferring? Don't get nervous, he's not. He is competing for a spot on a national collegiate team. See THE CHRONICLE Sports for more about Tony Lang. THURSDAY, JUNE 27,1991 © DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 8,000 VOL. 87, NO. S 7 Brickey claims mix-up, pays fines By JASON GREENWALD for Michigan. He said that when "I understand my position Robert Brickey, former Duke his lawyer tried to pay for the where whatever I do is in the basketball player, has settled the check, he was told the warrant paper," he said. "I just don't want two charges that led to warrants had been lost. people to think I'm a bad person." for his arrest. Brickey paid for the check af­ Brickey was a member of the Brickey paid a fine of $100, ter finding out he could take care men's basketball team from 1986 plus court costs, for a DWI charge of it at the magistrate's office. until 1990. He was a three-year stemming from an incident on Brickey said he hoped people starter and was team captain his Oct. 6,1990. He also paid $21.39, would not take his actions out of senior year. As a senior, Brickey plus court costs, for a worthless context. averaged 11.7 points and 5.4 re­ check he wrote on Sept. 30,1990. bounds per game. The Durham criminal Brickey helped lead the Blue magistrate's office had issued the Devils to three NCAA Final Four warrants after Brickey failed to appearances, including a trip to pay before the deadlines. the national championship game Brickey received a 30-day sus­ in 1990. pended sentence for the DWI charge and was ordered to pay Last year, Brickey played for his fine by April 26. the Grand Rapids Hoops of the "I was late paying the fine," Continental Basketball Associa­ Brickey said. "It was a mix-up tion. Earlier this month, Fort there. I sent it in because I was Wayne selected Brickey in the out of town, but it was returned. CBA's expansion draft. Of course, it was late by then, so I took it down there and paid it." Brickey said he does not plan Brickey had been playing for a to play for Fort Wayne or any basketball team in Michigan other CBA team. when the fine was due. "I'm going to try to get into the The warrant for the worthless NBA" he said. "If not, hopefully check wasissued Jan. 4. The check [111 play] in Europe. was made payable to Byrd's Food Brickey said he will play "wher­ JTAFF PHOTO/THE CHRONICLE Stores for $21.39. ever they need a void filled for a Brickey said he did not origi­ player at my position." Hoops on campus nally find out about the worthless SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE He said he "definitely" wants rt may not be basketball season, but Engineering senior Beth check because he had closed his Robert Brickey to continue playing professional Judge stays in tune with her very own hula hoop. checking account before leaving basketball. Terms of Quintero-Medical Center settlement kept secret By MICHAEL SAUL early Wednesday morning. Only treatment to Brandon between ligence because she said the neg­ exact amount of the settlement, A judge in Guilford County the lawyers, the judge and Tammy Feb. 6 and Feb 22. ligence is patently obvious. but it must exceed $10,000, the approved the settlement between and Orlando Quintero were al­ The complaint filed by Tammy "I know they were at fault. You minimum claim that can be made Tammy and Orlando Quintero lowed to be present. The entire and Orlando Quintero against the can't put a healthy child in the in North Carolina Superior Court. and the Medical Center Wednes­ procedure was completed in about Medical Center said the hospital hospital and have him come out The money, which was intended day, which concluded the wrong­ 10 minutes, Tammy Quintero should accept culpability for in a body bag and something not to compensate Tammy and Or­ ful death suit of their 5-year-old said. Brandon's death, but in the final happen in the process," Tammy lando Quintero for emotional dis­ son, Brandon. Court records identify the de­ settlement, the hospital never Quintero said. tress and personal injury, will be Brandon Quintero died Feb. 22 fendants in the case as Dr. Anita accepts negligence. Dr. John Falletta, the senior placed in a trust fund. at the Medical Center after re­ Zaidi and John Doe. Zaidi, a resi­ Despite the dismissal of negli­ doctor in Brandon's treatment, Albright said that judges pos­ ceiving the wrong medication for dent of Durham, was a third year gence, Albright approved the said he was glad the legal case sess the authority to seal docu­ a benign tumor. resident involved in Brandon's settlement. "I concluded that it was finished, but said he realized ments when both parties agree to Judge Douglas Albright of High treatment last February. John was just and fair," he said. it would never be finished for keep a settlement confidential. Point Superior Court approved Doe refers to all other health care­ Quintero said she agreed to al­ Brandon's parents. Dr. Ralph Snyderman, chan- the settlement in his chambers takers who provided care and low the hospital not to accept neg­ Albright would not disclose the See QUINTERO on page 16 • Usage of University Recreation Administrator sues University Facilities By MICHAEL SAUL damage to his hearing, scars un­ losophy department. Chip Nelson A University administrator der his neck and electrical cata­ suffers from amnesia caused by • Facilities may be used by: undergraduate students; and his wife are suing the Univer­ racts, said Tracy Lischer, an at­ electrical shock and only remem­ graduate students; faculty and staff; faculty and staff sity on behalf of their son for se­ torney representing Chip Nelson. bers waking up in the hospital, spouses; faculty and staff children (children must be vere electrical shocks he sustained The suit, filed in Durham Lischer said. on a University soccer field on County Superior Court in April In response to the Nelsons' suit, accompanied by parents up to 18 years of age); alumni June 21,1989. 1990, demands an amount in ex­ attorneys for the University ques­ (only alumni, not spouse or children); and employees. Chip Nelson, son of Larry cess of $10,000. Lischer said she tioned whether Chip Nelson was Nelson, assistant vice chancellor expects the case to go to trial officially authorized to use Uni­ for health affairs and planning, within the next three months. versity fields for practice. "It is • Undergraduate students have first priority for use of suffered serious electroshock Lischer and the other attorneys admitted that some but not all of the facilities. When facilities are scheduled for burns when he came in contact are currently preparing for the the [University's] athletic facili­ students, other groups will be unable to use them. with a metal tower which was trial. ties are available at some times touchi ng an uninsulated high volt­ "The [University] knew or for use by staff members and their age wire overhead. should have known that the pres­ families," according to the report • All users must have an official Duke picture ID card. The accident occurred while he ence of a metal tower on wheels in issued by the University's attor­ was practicing soccer on a foot­ close proximity to an uninsulated neys. • All facilities for all areas of operation (P.E., IM, ball practice field adjacent to high vol tage wire created a highly The report also said the Uni­ Wallace Wade Stadium. Chip dangerous artificial condition," versity did not deliberately "in­ Sports Clubs, Recreation and Free Play, and Varsity Nelson was 15 years old at the according to the complaint issued jure him willfully or wantonly." Athletics) must be scheduled through the West time of the accident. by the plaintiff. Buxton Copeland, the attorney Campus Facility Scheduling Office. He suffered multiple injuries Chip Nelson was found uncon­ for the University, refused to com­ from the incident including the scious on the field by David ment. loss of all the toes on his left foot, Sanford, a professor in the phi­ See NELSON on page 15 • PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1991 World and National Newsfile New republics stand ground despite pressure Associated Press By JOHN TAGUABUE equipment in the path of the military Italy near the town of Nova Gorica. N.Y. Times News Service convoy. A few hundred yards back, a frustrated Nothing found: Zachary Taylor BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — Units of "When they tell me to let them go, 111 let army officer saidhisunitwouldget through the Yugoslav army failed on Wednesday to them go," said an officer of a Slovenian the traffic jam. died of natural causes, not arsenic dislodge Slovenian militias that were oc­ police unit blocking a main mountain pass "Well wait here as long as we have to," poisoning as a writer speculated, a cupying key border posts to back up the on a road leading to the border crossing to See YUGOSLAVIA on page 9 • medical examiner said Wednesday. republic's assertion that it was now inde­ pendent ofthe Yugoslav federation. Sentences commuted: Ku­ At the same time, tension rose in the wait ended martial law by answer­ neighboring republic of Croatia, which also Republics of Yugoslavia ing the appeals of human rights declared independence on Tuesday from groups and its wartime allies Yugoslavia, after ethnic Serbs stormed a MAJOR ROAD Wednesday, commuting the death Croatian police station in the town of Glina, RIVER sentences of 29 convicted collabora­ about 50 miles south of Zagreb.