| Didn't make it to Austin? No worries! TTLA Car Wrecks Seminar is coming to Dallas | A must-attend program for anyone trying car wreck cases, this essential program provides relevant topics presented by your TTLA colleagues. Come away with the tools you need to compete in the courtroom! Happy Hour to follow hosted by the TTLA Advocates Board. Earn up to 7.0 hours MCLE credit including 1.0 hr ethics credit. Early Bird Registration ends September 30th, click on the headline to register.
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| TTLA Annual Meeting: Registration is Open! | Join TTLA December 8-9, 2016 at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas for the 2016 Annual Meeting and CLE Seminar. See this year's Keynote Speaker, Matthew Dowd, and other great speakers while earning up to 7.50 hours MCLE credit. Click on the headline to learn more.
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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| U.S. Signals Backing for Self-Driving Cars |  | In long-awaited guidelines for the booming industry of automated vehicles, the Obama administration promised strong safety oversight, but sent a clear signal to automakers that the door was wide open for driverless cars.
CECILIA KANG, The New York Times 09/20/2016    | | Read Article: The New York Times |
| Archbishop Knew of Priest's Danger Prior to Abuse of Teen Girl | | St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson has been accused in a lawsuit of knowing that a cleric was a danger to children prior to his abuse of a teenage girl. On Monday a judge in the case set a March 27 trial date for the lawsuit, filed by the family of the girl who was molested. According to the lawsuit, the Reverend's danger to children was known prior to an incident in which he molested the then-16-year-old girl at her home. The priest was charged with the sexual abuse of the girl back in 2012 and was added as a defendant in the lawsuit last year.
Joel Currier, St. Louis Post Dispatch 09/19/2016 | | Read Article: St. Louis Post Dispatch |
| Texas Workers Comp System Questioned After Oklahoma Ruling | | In the wake of an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision striking down part of that state's workers' compensation law, Texas is now the only state that lets private companies opt out of a state-run system and draw up their own plans to compensate injured workers. Before the ruling, Oklahoma had been the only other state offering an â??opt outâ?? provision.
Nicole Cobler, Texas Tribune 09/20/2016 | | Read Article: Texas Tribune |
| A Deadly Crash, an Airbag Lawsuit and Four Sistersâ?? Plight | | Elaina Brown and her three sisters are suing Moritz Kia and Discount Motors, accusing the dealerships of doing work that left the airbags disabled on a 2007 Sedona minivan that their parents were driving when another vehicle struck them head-on, killing their parents and grandmother.
ELIZABETH CAMPBELL, Star Telegram 09/20/2016 | | Read Article: Star Telegram |
| State Farm Faces Suit Over Claims It Bankrolled Judge | | Some customers of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. claim the company conspired to help elect an Illinois Supreme Court justice candidate so he could vote to throw out a $1 billion award against the company. Now they will be able to bring their case as a group. A federal judge on Sept. 16 ruled that 4.7 million State Farm policyholders can band together to sue the insurer for allegedly lying about its efforts to financially back Lloyd Karmeier for a seat on Illinoisâ?? highest court.
Jef Feeley, Bloomberg 09/20/2016 | | Read Article: Bloomberg |
| Jim Carrey Named in Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Girlfriend's Prescription Drug Death | | Actor Jim Carrey has been named in a wrongful-death lawsuit over the death of his girlfriend. The lawsuit was filed by Carey's late girlfriend's husband, who says that Carrey provided his wife with the prescription drugs she used to commit suicide. The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles by the Oregon man who was married to Carrey's girlfriend at the time of her death. The lawsuit states, "Mr. Carrey proceeded to provide the prescription drugs to ... Cathriona White," despite knowing she was "prone to depression and had previously attempted to take her own life."
Maria Puente, USA Today 09/20/2016 | | Read Article: USA Today |
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