| Trial Skills Seminar in New Orleans! | Kick off 2016 with a trip to New Orleans for camaraderie, networking and the Trial Skills Seminar! February 11-12 at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel in the French Quarter. The Seminar runs from 1PM Thurs through 4PM Fri. An outstanding Seminar program presented by speakers Russ Herman, Mike Gallagher, Richard Mithoff, Kevin Glasheen, Andy Vickery, Jim Mitchell, Andy Payne, and many more. Click on the headline to register.
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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| Woodlands Developer Wins Fault Line Lawsuit |  | Dozens of homeowners in The Woodlands who say their houses were built on active fault lines are back at square one after a Montgomery County district court judge ruled their lawsuit against The Woodlands Development Co. lacked sufficient evidence. The Woodlands Development Co. maintained that the plaintiffs' claims were without merit. It argued that the company had hired a geologist to study the land prior to allowing development and received information that it was safe to proceed with building on the land. The homeowners' lawyer said that the dismissal of the case was due to a statute of repose ruling, which imposes a strict timeline on court proceedings, rather than on the merits of the case, which was filed in 2012.
Bridget Balch, Houston Chronicle 02/05/2016    | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
| Austin City Council Settles for $600,000 in Shooting Case | | The Austin City Council on Thursday approved a $600,000 settlement in a federal lawsuit surrounding the 2013 police killing of Larry Eugene Jackson Jr., closing a nearly two-year legal battle against the city. The wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit was filed on behalf of Jacksonâ??s parents and widow.
Philip Jankowski , Austin American Statesman 02/05/2016 | | Read Article: Austin American Statesman |
| Could this Court Ruling Endanger Workers in the Ship Channel? | | | The TX Fourteenth Court of Appeals overturned a $21M Harris County jury verdict against Oiltanking Houston last week in a decision that some attorneys and workplace safety experts fear could effectively make plant owners immune from lawsuits over contractors injured or killed at their facilities, potentially endangering workers if safety protocols go lax without the threat of multimillion-dollar jury verdicts. The court's decision centers on a specific section of state law, Chapter 95 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code, which the Texas Legislature passed along with a series of other so-called tort reform measures in the mid-1990s. Chapter 95, by all accounts, was designed to protect landowners from frivolous lawsuits by contractors who injure themselves while working on their property. Under the law, landowners aren't liable for injuries sustained by independent contractors if the landowner didn't have â??actual knowledgeâ?? of the hazardous conditions that led to the worker's injury or death.
MICHAEL BARAJAS, Houston Press 02/05/2016
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