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TTLA Facebook Page & Twitter Too! |
| TTLA Facebook Page has a fresh new face! Click on the headline and like us - Twitter too has had a facelift, follow us at @ttla_. A big thank you to TTLA member Stacey Burke of Houston for updating our look! |
SBOT Computer & Technology Section's Updated App |
| The SBOT Computer & Technology Section's technology guru, Mark Unger, shared that the Section's app has been updated to include almost all major Texas codes. It is only $25 to join the Section and members get the app free. Click on the headline to learn more. |
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Solitary Confinement Targeted in Prison Lawsuit |
| A constitutional rights group has filed a lawsuit that aims to end the excessive use of solitary confinement on behalf of inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison. The inmates, some of which have been in solitary confinement for more than 10 years, claim in the suit the confinement is basically torture that has been "condemned by the international community." Chris Megerian, LA Times 05/31/2012 | Read Article: LA Times |
Labor/Employment |
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Suit: Coach Fired Because He is Gay |
| A former water polo coach at a charter high school in Southern California has filed a lawsuit against the school, claiming he was fired because he is homosexual. The suit claims the plaintiff was fired over photos of him on his Facebook and MySpace pages, which the school claimed were obscene. The suit accuses the school of "animus toward gay and lesbian employees" and is requesting damages plus reinstatement of his job. Corina Knoll, LA Times 06/03/2012 | Read Article: LA Times |
Malpractice |
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Family Receives $6.41 Million in Malpractice Suit |
| A Philadelphia jury has awarded $6.41 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit against Temple University Hospital over a misdiagnosis that resulted in a man's death. The lawsuit claims doctors misdiagnosed a 38-year-old man's heart condition, believing it to be pneumonia. A few months later, the man collapsed and died from a massive heart attack. Bob Moran, Philadelphia Inquirer 06/02/2012 | Read Article: Philadelphia Inquirer |
Wrongful Death |
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Suit Settled over Girl's Death at LA Rave |
| The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and a local event organizer will pay $190,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit after a 15-year-old girl died from an ecstasy overdose at then 2010 Electric Daisy Carnival. After the girl's death, her family filed suit, accusing the defendants of "personal injury and wrongful death." Wire Report, The Sacramento Bee 06/02/2012 | Read Article: The Sacramento Bee |
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