| DTLAâ??s War Chest Pledge: 50 Days for $50K | In January, the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association's Board of Directors approved the â??50 Days for $50Kâ?? pledge match to the TTLA Legislative War Chest. So, for 50 days, any donation in any amount made by a TTLA member will be MATCHED by DTLA, up to a total of $50,000! No amount is too large or too small â?? but every amount up to a total of $50,000 will be matched by DTLA. The Legislative session is underway. NOW is the time to contribute to the War Chest! Click on the headline to make your contribution.
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| Judge Calls for NFL Settlement Revisions |  | A judge has called for a revision of the settlement of the concussion lawsuit against the NFL. Anita B. Brody of United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has asked that the settlement be expanded so that more affected players are included. The NFL has until February 13 to respond with a plan for including more players and their families. If the judge is satisfied with the changes, the deal is expected to be made final.
Ken Belson, The New York Times 02/02/2015    | | Read Article: The New York Times |
| Former Venture Capitalist Files Sexual Discrimination Suit | | A sexual discrimination lawsuit has been filed by a former Silicon Valley venture capitalist against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The plaintiff filed the $16 million lawsuit accusing the firm of blatant and entrenched gender discrimination in May 2012. The plaintiff, who had worked for the firm since 2005, filed a sexual discrimination complaint in January 2012 and was fired in October 2012 after the filing of her lawsuit.
Heather Somerville, San Jose Mercury News 02/02/2015 | | Read Article: San Jose Mercury News |
| Wash. DOT Files Suit Over Bridge Collapse | | The Washington State Department of Transportation has filed a lawsuit over the collapse of the Skagit River bridge in 2013. The state department filed the $17 million lawsuit in an effort to recover damages from the truck driver whose oversized truck hit the bridge, the driver's employer, the pilot car driver, and the owner of the metal shed being transported. According to an investigation following the incident, "the bridge collapse resulted from a series of miscalculations, mistakes and errors by the truck driver and his employer." During the 2013 accident, the driver hit 11 arced sway braces on the bridge, causing two cars to fall into the river.
Staff Report, KING 5 Television 02/02/2015 | | Read Article: KING 5 Television |
| Cost of Care: Medical Cityâ??s Rx for Riches | | Hospitals account for a third of the nationâ??s $3 trillion health care bill, but their average profit margin is 3.7 percent. (The average profit margin in the Dallas-Fort Worth area was 12.1 percent last year, according to health care analyst Allan Baumgarten.) Many nonprofit hospitals are struggling. Medical City Dallas is the most expensive hospital in town. Medical City Dallas is also the most profitable hospital in town. Before taxes, it had a 31 percent profit margin in 2013. That followed 39 percent in 2012 and three years with percentages in the high 20s.
JIM LANDERS, The Dallas Morning News 02/03/2015 | | Read Article: The Dallas Morning News |
| The Hospital Is No Place for a Heart Attack | | A hospital is a bad place to have a heart attack. Recent studies suggest those patients are at least three times as likely to die before getting discharged as people who arrive at the emergency room after having a heart attack elsewhere. Researchers estimate some 10,000 people a year have an attack in the hospital while being treated for such illnesses as cancer or pneumonia or undergoing a surgical procedure such as a hip or knee transplant. That represents about 5% of the more than 200,000 people in the U.S. who suffer a major heart attack each year.
RON WINSLOW, WSJ Blogs 02/03/2015 | | Read Article: WSJ Blogs |
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