Dallas Car Wrecks CLE Seminar, October 8, 2015 | Earn up to 7.25 hours MCLE credit including 1.0 hr ethics credit. TTLA's Car Wrecks CLE Seminar features practical, in-depth tips and strategies to help you WIN YOUR CASES. Come away with the tools you need to compete in the courtroom! Join the TTLA Advocates Board of Directors at Happy Hour after the Seminar from 5:00-8:00pm (included in registration). Click on the headline to learn more and register. | Lawsuit Filed Against Town After Toddler Killed By Tree Branch | | Last May, 3-year-old Jacoby Latta was playing in a city park in Irmo, South Carolina when a tree branch fell and hit him in the head. The young boy suffered a traumatic brain injury and died within hours of the incident. The family is now suing the town of Irmo and contractors who helped build the park. The lawsuit claims that the city had received multiple complaints about dead trees and falling limbs, but did not remove them. The town has denied the allegations against them and called the accident an "Act of God." Chad Mills, WIS TV 08/26/2015 | Read Article: WIS TV | Massachusetts Family Sues School over Wi-Fi Network | | The family of a boy who attends the Fay School in Massachusetts, the oldest boarding school in the country, has filed a lawsuit claiming that the Wi-Fi signal at the school made their son sick. The lawsuit states that the 12-year-old boy suffers from "Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity Syndrome, a condition that is aggravated by electromagnetic radiation." The plaintiffs have submitted letters from doctors, but the school has countered that testing indicates their Wi-Fi signal is well below federal safety standards. Scott O'Connell, Worchester Telegram & Gazette 08/24/2015 | Read Article: Worchester Telegram & Gazette | Oscar Mayer Recalls Two Million Pounds of Turkey Bacon | | Over two million pounds of Oscar Mayer turkey bacon manufactured between May 31 and August 6 is being recalled by the Kraft Heinz Food Company over concerns that "it may spoil before the "use by" date." This is the second largest food recall of the year and it involves three different product types that were shipped to stores across the country. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service categorized the health risk from the bacon as "low." Taylor Wofford, Newsweek 08/26/2015 | Read Article: Newsweek | Catholic Hospital Agrees to Sterilize Woman After Lawsuit Threat | | A pregnant lawyer from Redding, California who is scheduled to have a C-section birth next month also requested a tubal ligation procedure in the hospital. Owned by Dignity Health of San Francisco, the largest private health care provider in the state, the Catholic hospital initially refused to perform the sterilization on religious grounds. After the woman teamed up with the ACLU to propose a discrimination lawsuit, the hospital backed down, but has not changed their policies. Bob Egelko, SFGate 08/24/2015 | Read Article: SFGate | 10 Automakers Facing Lawsuit Over Keyless Ignition | | A class action lawsuit has been filed against 10 of the largest automakers in the world over keyless ignitions and the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning. According to the lawsuit, filed early Wednesday morning in California, the automakers have long known about the increased risks of carbon monoxide poisoning due to the use of the keyless ignitions. The lawsuit alleges that despite knowing the risks, the automakers have failed to act. The lawsuit seeks an injunction forcing the defendants to install an automatic shutdown feature in their vehicles. Mark Greenblatt, The Denver Channel 08/26/2015 | Read Article: The Denver Channel | | |