Decisions: Women May Not Be Coddled

In their campaign for equal rights over the years, women have also won equal responsibilities. Three recent court decisions point out a few of their obligations:

∎ While employed as an office manager for a Colorado company that services oil wells, James Stryker embezzled more than $280,000 from the firm. His wife knew nothing about the crime until Stryker committed suicide ten days after the company accused him of the theft. Even so, the U.S. Tax Court has just ordered Mrs. Stryker, who has since remarried, to pay more than $80,000 in back...

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