| Have you registered for TTLA PMD Seminar, Feb. 10 in Austin? | The 2017 faculty features some of the most seasoned and talented mass tort attorneys in the country, providing information you cannot get anywhere else and a program structured to maximize the flow of up-to-the-minute information in an interactive setting. Click on the headline to learn more and register.
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| Womenâ??s Caucus Lobby Day, Jan 31 | TTLA is hosting the TTLA Women's Caucus Lobby Day on Jan 31st. This is a great opportunity to learn about key bills and meet face-to-face with lawmakers. Deadline to RSVP is Jan 20th, click on the headline to RSVP.
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| General Membership Lobby Day, Feb 7th | Deadline to register for the General Membership Lobby Day is Jan 27th. This is a great opportunity to learn about key bills and meet face-to-face with lawmakers. Click on the headline to register.
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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| Texas Nursing Home Can't Ditch Suit Over Substandard Care | | | A Texas appeals court on Thursday refused to throw out a medical malpractice suit accusing a nursing home of being responsible for a patient's dehydration and infections that contributed to her death, rejecting the home's argument that the plaintiff had submitted flawed expert testimony. A three-judge Second District Court of Appeals panel affirmed a trial court's denial of a motion to dismiss a suit accusing Heritage House at Keller Nursing and Rehabilitation of providing negligent care to elderly patient Niki Koutsoufis.
Y. Peter Kang, Law360 ($) 01/17/2017   
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| 5 Texas Insurance Battlegrounds In 2017 | | | Courts in the Lone Star State have a busy year ahead, with the Texas Supreme Court set to weigh the scope of its landmark ruling that an insured's damages must result from a fully adversarial trial and a federal appellate court preparing to grapple with issues relating to policy exhaustion and the proper trigger of coverage.
Jeff Sistrunk, Law360 ($) 01/17/2017
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| Trial Begins in California School Bus Crash Lawsuit, Driver Facing Charges |  | A civil lawsuit has been filed on behalf of five school children who were injured in a bus crash in Anaheim, California. The crash that took place on April 24, 2014 led to the "severe and permanent" injuries to the five children, the lawsuit alleges. Trial for the case, Taing et al. v. Orange Unified School District, is set to begin Tuesday morning in Santa Ana. The driver of the bus that crashed is also facing separate criminal charges in the case and may be facing up to 19 years in prison.
Matt Coker, OC Weekly 01/17/2017 | | Read Article: OC Weekly |
| Trampoline Park Injury Lawsuit Settled for $3M | | A lawsuit filed by a man who was injured at a trampoline park has been settled. The plaintiff filed suit against AirMaxx Trampoline Park in St. Cloud, Minnesota after he was paralyzed when he jumped into a foam pit at the facility. Attorneys for the plaintiff say that the defendant agreed to pay $3 million to the plaintiff to end the lawsuit. During the incident in August 2015, the plaintiff suffered a broken neck and a severe spinal injury, causing him to become paralyzed.
David Unze, St. Cloud Times 01/13/2017 | | Read Article: St. Cloud Times |
| Virginia Family Files Suit Over Boy's Sexual Abuse by School Janitor | | The family of a boy who was sexually abused by a school janitor has filed a lawsuit against the boy's school alleging that it was responsible. The lawsuit was filed against Lebanon Elementary School in Virginia in federal court alleges that the school did not do enough to prevent the boy from being victimize or recognize the signs that he was being abused. The boy was abused by the janitor in a custodial closet at school and then further when the boy's family allowed him to move in with the janitor. The school employee pleaded guilty in 2014 to 150 counts of aggravated sexual battery, forcible sodomy and carnal knowledge in connection with his abuse of four boys.
Mariah Balingit and Andee Erickson, The Washington Post 01/16/2017 | | Read Article: The Washington Post |
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