Issues |
Investigation: Most Texas Doctors Punished for Sexual Misconduct Keep Their Licenses |
Between 1999 and 2016, three out of four doctors punished for sexual improprieties with patients were allowed to continue working as physicians, according to an analysis of Texas records by the Austin American-Statesman. Andrea Ball and Robert Eckhart, Austin American-Statesman 08/25/2016 |
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Laws/Cases |
Oso Landslide Victims Accuse Washington State of Fraud |
The state of Washington has been accused of deleting emails between expert witnesses in a lawsuit over the 2014 Oso landslide. Attorneys for victims of the landslide say that state attorneys orchestrated "a fraud" by deleting the emails sent among expert defense witnesses. A motion filed Tuesday in King County Superior Court cites "a secret pact by the State’s experts, with the blessing of the Attorney General, to systematically destroy emails and repeatedly deceive … about what they were doing." Hal Bernton, Seattle Times08/23/2016 |
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New GM Can Argue Old GM Ignorance Of Ignition Defect |
The New York federal judge overseeing bellwether trials over GM’s ignition-switch defect said on Wednesday that New GM can retry the question of whether Old GM should have known about the defect before its 2009 bankruptcy, rejecting a driver’s bid to hold off on a redo. Emily Field, Law360.com08/25/2016 |
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Workers Injured In Sunoco Blast Seeking $1M Or More |
Two more welders injured in an explosion earlier this month at a Sunoco Pipeline LP crude oil terminal east of Beaumont, Texas, filed a lawsuit late Tuesday seeking damages for the injuries that included serious burns. Juan R. Barboza and Jose de Jesus Barboza filed their lawsuit in Jefferson County, alleging their injures were caused by negligence and gross negligence on the part of Sunoco, which owned and operated the terminal in Nederland, Texas, as well as Carber Holdings Inc., which was contracted by Sunoco. Michelle Casady, Law360.com08/25/2016 |
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Wrongful Death |
Lawsuit Filed Over Shooting Instructor's Death by Girl with Uzi |
An Arizona shooting range is facing a lawsuit by the family of a shooting instructor who was accidentally killed by a young girl with an Uzi. The instructor was shot in the head when the 9-year-old girl shot the Uzi submachine gun and it recoiled. The lawsuit was filed against the owners and operators at the Last Stop outdoor shooting range in White Hills and accuses them of negligence in the fatal incident. As alleged by the plaintiffs, the Uzi was not an appropriate weapon to allow a young girl to operate at the range. Yihyun Jeong, Arizona Republic08/24/2016 |
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