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| Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| Records Show School Bus That Crashed Shouldn't Have Been On Road | | 
| | A private bus company involved in a Tuesday morning crash that injured more than a dozen Houston middle school students was not authorized by the state to be on the road, records show. The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles now plans to investigate Nancy's Bus Service, said agency spokesman Adam Shaivitz. The Houston company is not registered with the state as required, and its registration was revoked in 2009 because it was not insured, according to state records and Shaivitz.
nita Hassan & Ericka Mellon , Houston Chronicle 08/27/2014    | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church Accused in Molestation Case | |
| | A lawsuit has been filed by two men who allege that they were molested in the 1970s by a youth leader at a Seventh-day Adventist Church in Maryland. The lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in Multnomah County Circuit Court, alleges that the church knew about the youth leader's history of child molestation, but still allowed him to work with children at the church. The suit claims that the church was aware that the youth leader had previously served two years in prison for molesting at least one boy, but he was still placed in charge of a youth program at the church. The lawsuit names the 17-million member church as the defendant in the lawsuit. The lawsuit seeks $250,000 for each plaintiff for past and future counseling and medical costs, and $6.5 million each for emotional trauma.
Aimee Green, The Oregonian 08/26/2014 | | Read Article: The Oregonian |
| Parents File Lawsuit Over Toddler Duct-Taped at Texas Day Care | |
| | A Texas couple has filed a lawsuit after their toddler son was allegedly duct-taped to a mat by a worker at a Willow Park day care center. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday against Heart2Heart Montessori Academy and contends that the day care center was "negligent in properly carrying out its responsibilities and supervising employees, resulting in injury and pain to [the plaintiff's] 2 1/2-year-old son." The lawsuit contends that the parents of the boy received a call from an employee at the center who informed them that a co-owner of the center had duct-taped two boys to their nap mats. The lawsuit names Heart2Heart, its management company, and two co-owners of the facility.
Deanna Boyd, Star Telegram 08/26/2014 | | Read Article: Star Telegram |
| Lawyer: Family "Relieved" After Settlement in Cedar Creek HS Tasing Case | | | | No comment from Bastrop officials yet on a $775,000 settlement to the family of Noe Niño de Rivera, who was tased inside Cedar Creek High School in November 2013 by Bastrop County Sheriff's Deputy Randy McMillan. The family's attorney, says the settlement money will help cover more than $1 million in medical bills. The teen was in a medically-induced coma for 52 days following the incident.
KEYE, KEYE-TV 08/27/2014 | | Read Article: KEYE-TV |
| Class Action Suit Filed Over Hospital System's Data Breach | |
| | A class action lawsuit has been filed by five Alabama residents against a Tennessee-based hospital after a data breach which affected about 4.5 million people. Community Health Systems announced last week that a data breach had occurred back in April and May when the system's computer system was cyber-attacked. The information that was leaked from the 209 hospitals across 29 states included names, addresses, birth dates, telephone numbers and social security numbers. The lawsuit filed Aug. 21 in the Northern District of Alabama alleges that the information was compromised because the system failed "to implement and follow basic security procedures."
Kelsey Stein, AL.com 08/26/2014 | | Read Article: AL.com |
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