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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| Black-Box Medicine Faces Headwinds Over Med Mal Liability |  | The use of complex algorithms to sort through massive amounts of health data to improve medical care, or "black-box medicine," could expose providers to a new world of malpractice claims, experts say, and doctors may decline to adopt the technology without legal protections.
Y. Peter Kang, Law360 ($) 02/27/2017    | | Read Article: Law360 ($) |
| Texas Justices Reinstate Insurer Win In D&O Coverage Fight | | The Texas Supreme Court on Friday reinstated a trial court's ruling that Great American Insurance Co. doesn't have to cover a former condominium association officer's costs to defend a suit seeking reimbursement for allegedly misappropriated funds, holding that an insured-versus-insured exclusion in the association's policy bars coverage.
Jeff Sistrunk, Law360 ($) 02/27/2017 | | Read Article: Law360 ($) |
| Texas Supreme Court Backs Worker in Sexual Assault Claim | | Clarifying state law on sexual harassment claims, the Texas Supreme Court on Friday sided with a Frisco restaurant (Steak â??n Shake) worker (B.C.) who accused her supervisor of sexual assault in 2011. On Friday, a unanimous Texas Supreme Court ruled that the state law on sexual harassment â?? the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act, or TCHRA â?? doesnâ??t apply in cases of assault, and that what B.C. described in her lawsuit was clearly sexual assault.
Chuck Lindell, Austin American-Statesman 02/27/2017
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| Oklahoma County Settles Death Lawsuit for $500,000 | | Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, has settled a lawsuit over a traffic death allegedly caused by a sheriff's deputy for $500,000. The family of a 66-year-old man who was killed in an accident involving the sheriff's deputy filed the lawsuit against the county. The man's death took place in January 2014, when a deputy's patrol car crashed into the back of his pickup on Interstate 35. According to the complaint, the deputy was distracted while driving when he hit the man.
Nolan Clay, NewsOK.com 02/27/2017 | | Read Article: NewsOK.com |
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