Wayne Dolcefino Out at KTRK After 27 Years

[mr.ric]

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=resources/inside_station/station_info&id=8894450

http://www.mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2012/11/wayne-dolcefino-and-ktrk-13-divorce.html

I wonder if that pending case against Constable Trevinio may have a little role in this ???

He surely will be missed though.

 

[fredcantu]

Treviño. The ñ can be typed by holding down the alt key while you type 164 on the numberic keypad.

 

[JHBrandt]

Treviño. The ñ can be typed by holding down the alt key while you type 164 on the numberic keypad.

Works great: ñ

Too bad Spanish doesn't do what French and Italian do, and just use the digraph gn. Much easier to remember than Alt-164.

BTW, do you know if that works on Macs too?

 

[Sammi Brie]

On a Mac, Option-N and then N. Like this: ñ. Hitting Option-N gives the diacritical (˜), then typing N puts the N under it.

 

[willdav713]

My Grandfather was on KTRK TV back in 1992 when Wayne investigated Dr. Stanley Dudrick. I still have the VHS tape!

 

[mr.ric]

I have a feeling based on what I've been reading lately that he wasn't liked by several people who work in the industry. Not sure why. I thought he did a good job doing what he did.

 

[fredcantu]

Having a good investigative reporting team can get expensive, i.e. lawyering the reports you air and hiring more lawyers when the subjects of the investigations hire their own lawyers.

 

[willdav713]

Having a good investigative reporting team can get expensive, i.e. lawyering the reports you air and hiring more lawyers when the subjects of the investigations hire their own lawyers.

Makes an even greater need of Tort Reform!

 

[FilioScotia]

I worked for Ray Miller way back when he was running the TV and the Radio side of KPRC in the 60s and early 70s. Miller always said any reporter who isn't threatened with at least one lawsuit a week isn't doing his job. I don't know if Wayne was influenced by Miller's philosophy, but he sure worked like it.

Wayne told me any number of times at our watering holes that he knew he was getting somewhere with an investigation when a "target" would threaten to sue him and the TV station.

If KTRK didn't like threats of lawsuits, they didn't show it when Marvin Zindler was at his peak doing his thing. He was threatened with lawsuits EVERY DAY.

Every TV station with an Investigative Reporter or Team keeps at least one trial lawyer on retainer to deal with the inevitable lawsuits and threats of same. Chip Lewis has been one of KTRK's attorneys for years, and he has earned his money.

 

[JHBrandt]

Makes an even greater need of Tort Reform!

Sorry, but the tort "reform" we often hear touted by politicians would do nothing about this. That "reform" is more about product liability suits.

 

[willdav713]

Makes an even greater need of Tort Reform!

Sorry, but the tort "reform" we often hear touted by politicians would do nothing about this. That "reform" is more about product liability suits.

It is about a cap on "punitive damages" and for these so called "libel, disparagement, etc" cases they involve punitive damages not all but most of them. I think you are talking about Liability Reform. A good example of tort reform is "Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Reform" signed by Governor Perry. As a result more and more doctors are moving to Texas because they don't have to pay ton of money for Medical Malpractice Insurance. Product liability suits, I will give you an example "Firestone: Tire rollovers" in which Rep. Billy Tauzin R-Louisiana spearheaded a Federal Investigation, and Class Action suits against the tire company grew in record numbers back in 2000.

I believe there is a cap right now on Punitive Damages of no more than $250,000 for Medical Malpractice suits, this doesn't include Compensatory Damages those stay the same.

 

[JHBrandt]

Makes an even greater need of Tort Reform!

Sorry, but the tort "reform" we often hear touted by politicians would do nothing about this. That "reform" is more about product liability suits.

It is about a cap on "punitive damages" and for these so called "libel, disparagement, etc" cases they involve punitive damages not all but most of them. I think you are talking about Liability Reform. A good example of tort reform is "Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Reform" signed by Governor Perry. As a result more and more doctors are moving to Texas because they don't have to pay ton of money for Medical Malpractice Insurance. Product liability suits, I will give you an example "Firestone: Tire rollovers" in which Rep. Billy Tauzin R-Louisiana spearheaded a Federal Investigation, and Class Action suits against the tire company grew in record numbers back in 2000.

I believe there is a cap right now on Punitive Damages of no more than $250,000 for Medical Malpractice suits, this doesn't include Compensatory Damages those stay the same.

I think what you're actually talking about is anti-SLAPP legislation to protect the free speech rights of investigative reporters. Caps on punitive damages for medical malpractice or product liability would do nothing whatsoever about that.

Your info on Texas's medical malpractice cap is wrong - it does go beyond punitive damages (which are rarely awarded in malpractice cases anyhow) and often cuts compensatory damages severely, yet it hasn't reduced malpractice insurance rates - but we're getting way off topic for this board so I'll leave it at that.