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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| Pennsylvania Court Says College Cannot Escape Football Injury Lawsuit |  | A Superior Court panel in Pennsylvania has ruled that Lackawanna Junior College cannot escape a lawsuit over injuries to two players during a drill. The lawsuit was filed by the two players who were injured at practice during a tackling drill. The recent ruling has overturned a Lackawanna County judge's decision to dismiss the lawsuit on the basis that the player's had signed away their right to sue. One of the players suffered a spinal injury and the other sustained a shoulder injury during the same practice in March 2010.
Matt Miller, PennLive.com 02/27/2017    | | Read Article: PennLive.com |
| New Filing in Takata Airbag Lawsuit Says Automakers Hid Risks | | A group of automakers have been accused in a lawsuit of knowing of the risks of Takata airbags, but failing to stop the use of the airbags in their vehicles. According to the recently filed lawsuit, Honda, Ford, BMW, Toyota and Nissan were all aware that the airbags could potentially harm or kill motorists, but still used them in their cars to save on costs. Takata admitted to the Justice Department last month that its employees deliberately omitted and falsified data to make its air bags appear safer. However, Monday's filing alleges that the automakers had independent information indicating that the airbags were unsafe.
Steven Overly, The Gazette Online 02/27/2017 | | Read Article: The Gazette Online |
| Dallas Police & Fire Pension: $2M Settlement from Investment Firm | | The Dallas police and fire pension fund has won a settlement worth at least $2 million from an advisory firm that officials blame for some of the fundâ??s disastrous real-estate investments. While the money will not come close to covering the $320 million in losses the fund blames on the firm, the deal requires the men who ran the firm to cooperate as the fund goes after others who profited while it lost hundreds of millions of dollars. The Dallas Morning News obtained a copy of the legal settlement between the fund and a major consultant, CDK Realty Advisors, using an open-records request. The settlement was finalized earlier this month.
Steve Thompson, The Dallas Morning News 02/28/2017 | | Read Article: The Dallas Morning News |
| Mexican Family of Man Killed by Border Agent Settles Lawsuit | | The family of a Mexican man who was killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent has agreed to settle their lawsuit against the U.S. government. The lawsuit was filed over a brutal incident caught on videotape in which the man was repeatedly shocked with a Taser by the agent. The man was caught illegally crossing the United States-Mexican border and was taken into custody when the incident occurred. The family filed suit alleging that the brutal manner in which the man was handled by the agent led to his death. The family agreed to settle the lawsuit for $1 million.
Marty Graham, US News and World Report 02/24/2017 | | Read Article: US News and World Report |
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