| | Big Thanks to TTLA's Business Partners! | | We appreciate our 2013 preferred partners and are grateful for their support. We encourage our members to support these companies when they are in need of legal services and products. Click on the headline to learn more! | | 2013 TTLA Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Seminar, April 25-26 | | TTLA is proud to present its first-ever seminar dedicated solely to Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation. Join highly experienced and successful mass tort lawyers, including many who serve in leadership roles on plaintiff steering committees, as they discuss the hottest topics in this dynamic and ever-changing area of law. TTLA legends and panels of Texas plaintiff attorneys will gather in Houston to discuss and debate a wide-range of mass tort topics, from marketing and pre-litigation to voir dire and trial. So join us in Houston on April 25-26, 2013 to learn from some of the best Pharmaceutical and Medical Device lawyers in the country. Click on the headline to learn more. | | Suit: Officer Beat Man, Bosses Looked the Other Way | |  | | A former Mississippi state trooper has been accused in a lawsuit of savagely beating a man who drove around a roadblock last year, and his supervisors are accused of ignoring it. The lawsuit claims that after the beating, the officer told a co-worker to destroy the surveillance video and filed charges "to hold over [the plaintiff] to avert legal repercussions." The officer has a history of violence and is currently on trial for beating another person in a local county jail.
Wire Report, The Jackson Clarion-Ledger 02/25/2013    | | Read Article: The Jackson Clarion-Ledger | | Johnny Manziel Files Trademark Lawsuit | | | | Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel has filed a lawsuit against the maker of the "Keep Calm and Johnny Football" t-shirts, claiming trademark infringement. The Manziel family trademarked the nickname "Johnny Football" last fall, and is asking the court for injunctive relief and damages.
Brent Zwerneman, Houston Chronicle 02/22/2013 | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle | | Johns Hopkins Doctor Accused of Recording Patients | | | | Two former patients have filed suit against a Johns Hopkins gynecologist, alleging he may have taken secret recordings of them during exams. The lawsuit claims negligence, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress by the doctor, as well as claims against Johns Hopkins. Local police are investigating the claims.
Scott Dance, Baltimore Sun 02/22/2013 | | Read Article: Baltimore Sun | | Fracking liability Suits Will be Followed by Insurance Coverage Disputes | | | | Insurance coverage disputes are bound to follow fracking liability suits, including arguments over the scope of pollution exclusions in general liability policies, lawyers say. Along with operators extra expense policies, which cover cleanup costs from a well blowout, general liability policies also cover “sudden and accidental” pollution if discharges are discovered and reported within certain time limits — for example, discovery within 30 days and reporting to underwriters within 90 days.
Douglas McLeod, Business Insurance 02/25/2013 | | Read Article: Business Insurance | | Suit Filed over Fatal Accident in Oakdale, Calif. | | | | The death of an off-duty police officer in Oakdale, Calif., in a car accident has prompted a lawsuit by the man's widow against the driver of the truck that crashed into him. The officer's vehicle had been stopped by a Caltrans worker in a construction zone when his car was rammed by a tractor-trailer. The lawsuit alleges the driver of the truck was reckless and negligent due to driving while distracted or fatigued.
Erin Tracy , Modesto Bee 02/22/2013 | | Read Article: Modesto Bee | | Fatal Calif. Bus Crash Prompts Lawsuit | | | | A lawsuit has been filed against two bus companies that owned a tour bus involved in a fatal crash on Super Bowl Sunday near Yucaipa, Calif. The bus driver claims the bus brakes failed on Highway 38 coming down from the San Bernardino Mountains. The bus crossed the center line of the highway, rolled over and collided with two vehicles; seven passengers were killed. The suit, filed on behalf of two of the survivors, is seeking unspecified damages.
Beau Yarbrough, Long Beach Press-Telegram 02/22/2013 | | Read Article: Long Beach Press-Telegram | | |
