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New study: Tort reform has not reduced health care costs in TX, Austin American Statesman 6-21-12 |
| New study: Tort reform has not reduced health care costs in Texas Austin American Statesman 6-21-12: A new study found no evidence that health care costs in Texas dipped after a 2003 constitutional amendment limited payouts in medical malpractice lawsuits, despite claims made to voters by some backers of tort reform. Access Will Tort Reform Bend the Cost Curve by Myungho Paik, Bernard S. Black, David A. Hyman, and Charles Silver. Click on the headline to access the article and the full study. |
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Security Company Settles Data Hack Lawsuit |
| Security analysis company Strategic Forecasting has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over a "crippling attack by hackers" that resulted in stolen client data. The hack occurred in December, and hackers published a list of hundreds of thousands of customer e-mail addresses and customer credit card numbers. As part of the settlement, the company will offer plaintiffs one month free service, among other things. Basil Katz, Reuters 06/27/2012 | Read Article: Reuters |
Tenants' Fire Escapes Removed, Lawsuit Filed |
| A group of Bronx tenants filed a lawsuit against their landlord after they were forced to evacuate their apartment because all the fire escapes were removed. The property owner evacuated 64 apartments in early June for fireproofing work, and the suit is asking a judge to monitor the construction and punish the property owners if the work isn't completed in a timely manner. Officials for the landlord company, Goldfarb Properties, say the fire escapes should be back in place by August. Daniel Beekman, New York Daily News 06/28/2012 | Read Article: New York Daily News |
Suit: Child Suffered Severe Head Injury at Fun Center |
| A lawsuit has been filed against an indoor fun center in Seattle after a child hit his head on a metal pole in a foam pit, suffering severe injuries. The suit claims the child suffered a "skull fracture, head lacerations, a concussion, and retrograde and anteriograde amnesia." This is the fifth personal injury lawsuit to come against Sky High Sports in the last six months. Andrew Chow, Reuters 06/27/2012 | Read Article: Reuters |
New York GE Plant Racist, Hateful, Lawsuit Says |
| A former upstate New York General Electric employee has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the company, claiming her workplace was "rife with bigotry, racism and sexism." The woman stated in her suit that during her employment, she was personally insulted and had her life threatened by co-workers because she is black. The plaintiff also claims that when she complained about the situation, she was transferred to another position. Robert Gavin, Albany Times Union 06/28/2012 | Read Article: Albany Times Union |
Supreme Court Upholds Obama’s Health-Care Law |
| Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Thursday joined the liberal wing of the Supreme Court to save the heart of President Obama’s landmark health-care law, agreeing that the requirement for nearly all Americans to secure health insurance is permissible under Congress’s taxing authority. Even as it upheld that central component of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, however, the court modified another key provision of the law, ruling that states may decide not to participate in a broad expansion of Medicaid eligibility without losing their existing Medicaid funding. Robert Barnes, N.C. Aizenman and William Branigin, The Washington Post 06/28/2012 | Read Article: The Washington Post |
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