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Jewish Life Moves
In The Fast Lane.
The agency is faced with a law-
suit filed by an Oxford man who,
two years ago, was involved in an
auto accident with a JFS driver
employed by the agency's Trans-
portation program. Mr. Goodman
said the termination of homecare
driving is unrelated to the law-
suit.
"Liability is inevitable," Mr.
Goodman said. "There are going
to be accidents but that has not
stopped us from doing the pro-
gram. Our (Transportation) dri-
vers have a chauffeur's license
and they are screened. We also
check records and inspect our ve-
hicles."
The lawsuit, filed by Tony Se-
maan on March 22 in Oakland
County Circuit Court, asserts the
defendant, Alexander Goldberg,
a Southfield resident originally
from the former Soviet Union, was
operating his JFS vehicle in a
Can You Spare
A Few Minutes?
"reckless and negligent manner"
when he struck Mr. Semaan's car
from behind. Mr. Semaan seeks
damages in excess of $10,000.
JFS urges its 127 Homemaker
clients to utilize the service with
or without their homemaker.
That alternative offers no so-
lace for Ms. Rabinowitz, who feels
trapped in her apartment and
says she cannot even afford the
lowest fee of $4 JFS Transporta-
tion charges for the ride. JFS staff
say the transportation service is
heavily subsidized. Users are typ-
ically charged between $4 and
$10. The cost of running the pro-
gram is figured at $25 per round-
trip ride.
"I've never had trouble going
anywhere with my homemaker,"
Ms. Rabinowitz said. "I depended
on him to be able to get out and go
shopping. Now I can't go because
I can't afford it. I hate that." ❑
Guilty, As Charged
A mother pleads manslaughter in the
death of her child.
ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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local woman accused of
murdering her 6-year-old
daughter has pleaded
guilty to involuntary
manslaughter and will be sen-
tenced next month in Detroit.
Last July, Linda Solomon was
arrested and charged in the
death of her daughter, Chelsea.
Chelsea died of asphyxia by
hanging on Jan. 29, 1995, in the
Canton apartment she shared
with her mother.
For months Ms. Solomon, who
was not married, insisted she had
nothing to do with Chelsea's death.
She claimed the girl strangled af-
ter accidentally becoming entan-
gled in plastic package wrapping
attached to her bunk bdd.
The Wayne County coroner
ruled the death a homicide, how-
ever, and Ms. Solomon was
charged with first-degree, pre-
meditated murder and with
felony murder-child abuse.
The trial was delayed while
Ms. Solomon underwent psychi-
atric evaluation. Then on May 16,
in Recorder's Court in Detroit,
Ms. Solomon pleaded guilty to in-
voluntary manslaughter.
In interviews with The Jewish
News before her arrest, Ms.
Solomon said she found being a
mother difficult from the start.
When she learned she was
pregnant with Chelsea, "I wasn't
sure how I would feel about her
when she was born," she said.
"There was no bonding." Ms.
Solomon recalled contacting so-
cial services when Chelsea was
about 6 months old, telling a
worker, "I'm having one of those
terrible thoughts and I don't
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Linda Solomon: Up to 15 years.
know what to do." When Chelsea
was about 19 months old, Ms.
Solomon would put her in a room
and remove the door handles so
she could not leave.
There were times when Ms.
Solomon hit her daughter, she
said, and made "terrible faces"
that made her appear "like a
monster." She characterized her
treatment of Chelsea, a student
at Farrand Elementary in Ply-
mouth, as "abusive."
A native of Detroit, Ms. c_ -N
Solomon originally was charged
in 35th District Court in Ply-
mouth. As she was led out of the
courtroom that day, she glared at
reporters and admonished them
to "be back when I'm exonerated."
Ms. Solomon will be sentenced
on June 13, with a maximum
penalty of 15 years' imprison-
ment. Her attorney could not be
reached for comment.
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