OTHER NEWS - Oct. 29, 1993

British Judge Rules Against Reporter in RSI Case: Claiming repetitive strain injury was a glibly used term with “no place in the medical books,” the judge said the journalist’s painful condition in his arms and shoulders was due to personal factors rather than work conditions. Financial reporter Rafiq Mughal, 44, had claimed damages and lost earnings from London-based international news and information agency Reuters, where he worked from 1987 to 1989. His case was supported by Britain’s National Union of Journalists, which said it is considering an appeal and that it will be responsible for Reuters’ more than $150,000 in defense costs. Reuters said it was “ . . . naturally satisfied with this judgment.”