Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| Company Charged in Insurance Scheme After Hurricane Sandy |  | GEB Hi-Rise Engineering, of Uniondale, N.Y and one of its former executives were charged on Monday in a scheme to minimize insurance payments to homeowners whose residences were damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The government said they had altered engineering reports that had been used to assess the structural damage to homes caused by the storm.
DAVID W. CHEN, The New York Times 08/03/2016    | | Read Article: The New York Times |
| Nurse Sues Dallas' Methodist Health Over Docked Lunch Pay | | A nurse has filed a collective action lawsuit against Dallas' Methodist Health under the Fair Labor Standards Act, alleging that the system routinely docks nurses' pay for lunch breaks they don't take. According to the claim, nurses are required to remain responsible for patient care throughout their shift, and they may frequently be pulled away from breaks to respond to patients, doctors and perform duties. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of as many as 1,000 nurses .
Sabriya Rice, The Dallas Morning News 08/03/2016 | | Read Article: The Dallas Morning News |
| Tiny Nordheim Sues State Over Drilling Waste Dump | | A citizen's group in Nordheim ' population 316 at last count ' is suing the Texas Railroad Commission, challenging the petroleum regulator's decision to permit a facility that would store waste including drill cuttings, oil-based muds, fracking sand and other toxic oilfield leftovers.
Jim Malewitz, Texas Tribune 08/03/2016 | | Read Article: Texas Tribune |
| PG&E Ducks Over $550M In Possible Fines In Blast Trial | | Federal prosecutors dropped their bid to enhance any potential fine against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. as a jury deliberated Tuesday in a California criminal trial over the deadly 2010 gas line explosion in San Bruno, slashing possible fines against the utility from $562 million to just $6 million. In an order Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Thelton E. Henderson granted the government's request filed the same day asking to drop its claim under the Alternative Fines Act.
Dorothy Atkins, Law360.com 08/03/2016 | | Read Article: Law360.com |
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