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Editorials/Columns/Letters
| | | | Wear: Relatives Show Toll of Drivers Texting as Legislature Again Weighs Ban |  | About 10 percent of fatal crashes nationwide in 2013 were caused by distracted driving, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates, with phone use being that distraction most of the time. The total loss of life on Texas streets and highways last year reached 3,700, Houston Senior Police Officer Don Egdorf said. As for how many of those might have been related to phones, Egdorf said even police canâ??t say for sure. Survivors often decline to admit to the role of their cellphones in collisions, he said. And often there is no one left to offer such testimony. The practice, he said, is â??underreported.â?? â??This is something that has to stop,â?? Egdorf said. â??These are not accidents. Itâ??s an intentional act.â??
Ben Wear (columnist), Austin American-Statesman 02/06/2017    | | Read Article: Austin American-Statesman |
| Insurers, Plaintiff's Lawyers Square off in Austin Over Hail Storm Bill | | Lobbyists representing insurance companies are pushing legislation they say will prevent premium increases by weeding out "abusive" lawsuits over damages caused by hail and other storms in what is shaping up as a battle royal with consumers and plaintiffs' lawyers. The looming clash pits insurance industry lobbyists and their allies from Texans for Lawsuit Reform against the Texas Trial Lawyers Association and Texas Watch, a nonprofit consumer group, which contend the industry's bill is designed to boost profits and restrict consumer access to the courts.
James Drew, Houston Chronicle 02/06/2017 | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
| Penn, Amazon Settle Lawsuit with Family Over Student's Suicide | | The University of Pennsylvania and Amazon have settled a lawsuit filed by the family of a nursing student who committed suicide by ingesting illegal cyanide products. The student purchased the products through Amazon.com and committed suicide in her Rodin College House dorm room in February 2013. Her family filed suit after her death alleging that the university acted â??unsympathetic, hostile and at times vindictiveâ?? after the girl reported a 2011 sexual assault. Philadelphia Judge Matthew D. Carrafiello recently passed a joint motion to settle the lawsuit under confidential terms.
Kolby Kaller, Daily Pennsylvanian 02/05/2017 | | Read Article: Daily Pennsylvanian |
| 'We Need More Bodies on the Table' â?? Kickback Scheme Uncovered by Dallas Feds | | Forest Park Medical Center allegedly paid doctors and others kickbacks in the form of millions of dollars as well as Mavericks tickets, custom-made cowboy boots, cuff links and custom Bobbleheads made in their image. Prosecutors revealed those details in court paperwork for two more defendants who have admitted their role in the alleged conspiracy. Three of the 21 charged have now agreed to plead guilty in exchange for probation, giving prosecutors a growing list of probable witnesses for the upcoming trial.
KEVIN KRAUSE, The Dallas Morning News 02/06/2017 | | Read Article: The Dallas Morning News |
| Attorney: Almost $52M in Ike Claims Still Pending | | he stateâ??s windstorm insurer of last resort has yet to pay many millions of dollars to school districts, cities and a community college for Hurricane Ike damage because of an appraisal clause in their contracts, an attorney representing the districts and cities said. More than eight years after Hurricane Ike struck, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association still hasnâ??t made insurance payments to the cities of La Marque, Dickinson and Santa Fe and the school districts of Texas City, Dickinson, Santa Fe and the College of the Mainland.
MATT DEGROOD, Galveston County - The Daily News 02/06/2017 | | Read Article: Galveston County - The Daily News |
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