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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| Study: Texas Needs To Address Distracted Driving |  | Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety looked at state traffic laws in 15 different categories. Researchers say they found significant gaps in enforcement all over the country. â??In the last two years we have experienced a sharp increase in traffic fatalities and a disturbing decrease in the number of state life-saving traffic safety laws,â?? says the organizationâ??s president Jackie Gillan. Overall, the study ranks Texas in the middle of the pack for traffic safety legislation. The state gets high marks for child passenger safety, as well as laws against drunk driving. But Gillan says one area where Texas lags is distracted driving. Itâ??s one of a few states that doesnâ??t have a full ban on texting behind the wheel.
GAIL DELAUGHTER (Houston Public Media), National Public Radio 02/01/2017    | | Read Article: National Public Radio |
| Michigan Hotel Facing Lawsuit Over Bed Bug Infestation | | A lawsuit has been filed by a woman who alleges she was bitten by bed bugs at a hotel in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The woman from Benton Harbor filed suit against Wyndham Gardens, where she says she was bitten by the bugs. The lawsuit was filed in Washtenaw County Trial Court in December and alleges that the hotel was to blame for the bed bug infestation. The defendant is alleged in the lawsuit of negligence and violating Michigan housing law.
John Counts, MLive 02/01/2017 | | Read Article: MLive |
| Florida Supreme Court Rules in Medical Records Case | | On Tuesday, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that a hospital must provide medical records to the family of a woman who suffered severe neurological injury. In a 5-2 ruling, the state's high court referred back to a 2004 constitutional amendment. The decision overturned a previous ruling, which said a federal patient-safety law shielded the hospital system from having to turn over some documents in a malpractice lawsuit. The lawsuit filed by the woman's family alleges that the hospital's negligence led to the woman's severe injury. The recent ruling could have implications for medical malpractice cases across the state.
Jim Saunders, The Ledger 01/31/2017 | | Read Article: The Ledger |
| Academy of Motion Pictures Sued for Allegedly Firing Cancer Victim | | A former employee has filed a lawsuit against the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences claiming he was fired while receiving treatment for Stage IV cancer, and that his supervisors refused to comply with his doctorsâ?? instructions and requests for him to work from home. The plaintiff, former human resources manager Rodolfo Davila, began working for the Academy in November 2012 and received excellent performance reviews up until May 2015, when a large tumor was discovered on his heart and lungs, according to the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Monday.
Debbie Emery (The Wrap), Houston Chronicle 02/01/2017 | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
| UnitedHealthcare Accuses Dallas Labs of $100M Fraud | | UnitedHealthcare has sued a Dallas-based laboratory network in a Dallas federal court, alleging the owners paid millions in bribes and kickbacks to doctors and other providers between 2011 and 2016 for overpriced and unnecessary drug and genetic tests. Next Health's sales consultants gave people $50 gift cards to urinate in cups at Whataburger bathrooms, the lawsuit says. The specimens were sent to the labs for a battery of unnecessary and expensive tests under the guise of a "wellness study," the lawsuit alleges. UnitedHealthcare says it got stuck with the $100 million tab because of Next Health's fraudulent activities.
KEVIN KRAUSE, The Dallas Morning News 02/01/2017 | | Read Article: The Dallas Morning News |
| Texas Court Says City Isn't Owed Hurricane Ike Coverage | | A Texas appeals court on Tuesday affirmed a lower courtâ??s take-nothing judgment in favor of Texas Windstorm Insurance Association in League Cityâ??s suit over the handling of its Hurricane Ike claims, saying the cityâ??s failure to provide prompt notice of its losses bars coverage.
Shayna Posses, Law360 ($) 02/01/2017 | | Read Article: Law360 ($) |
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