
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, June 22, 1990                   TAG: 9006220435
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-4   EDITION: METRO 
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BASKETBALL

There is a greater than 50 percent likelihood that the $32.5 million wrongful death suit filed by the family of Hank Gathers will go to trial, an attorney said.

Bruce Fagel, who represents the mother, two brothers and aunt of the Loyola Marymount basketball star who died March 4, said attorneys for the defendants have made no effort to settle the case out of court.

He said he has been unable to obtain what he considers a key piece of evidence, videotape of Gathers receiving medical treatment on the court immediately after he collapsed during a West Coast Conference tournament game at Loyola on March 4.

Fagel said he expects to legally challenge ESPN, which televised portions of Gathers' collapse, to provide all the tape of the incident. He said the sports network, citing First Amendment protection, has refused to turn over any of the tape that was not actually aired.

by CNB