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Ohio Power Company Ordered to Pay $5.671 Million |
| An Ohio jury has awarded $5.671 million to a local man who was injured in an explosion at an AEP plant in January 2008. The explosion was caused by dangerous conditions on one of the plant's hydrogen tanks, and the jury ruled the company "acted with a deliberate intent to cause harm" to the plaintiff after it was discovered that a similar explosion happened at another plant 15 months earlier. The lawsuit claimed the company took no actions after the first explosion to increase safety at its other plants. Kyla Asbury, West Virginia Record (C of C Publication) 06/27/2011 | Read Article: West Virginia Record (C of C Publication) |
Settlement Deal Could Establish a Road Map for Other Banks |
| A small Houston firm won an $8.5 billion settlement with Bank of America tied to the 2008 mortgage mess, a deal that could establish a road map for other banks in resolving the nation's stubborn housing crisis. The settlement, announced Wednesday, not only would require Bank of America and/?or Countrywide to pay $8.5 billion to cover investor losses caused by problem mortgages, but it also would force a series of improvements in the way borrowers receive service when they need to reset terms or otherwise work out problems with individual loans — alleviating a source of friction and frustration. RONNIE CROCKER, Houston Chronicle 06/30/2011 | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
Serial Molester's Victim Settles with Fort Worth Diocese |
| An Arlington man who said he was abused by notorious molester Monsignor James Reilly has settled out of court with the Fort Worth Roman Catholic Diocese. Financial terms were not disclosed. The abuse began in 1971, when the man was a 10-year-old altar boy at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Arlington, and it continued to 1976. Darren Barbee, Fort Worth Star-Telegram 06/30/2011 | Read Article: Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
Dr Pepper Files Suit Against Dublin, TX Bottler |
| Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. said that its subsidiary filed suit against a Dublin, Texas, Dr Pepper bottler, accusing it of committing “numerous practices … that violate its license agreement.” The suit, filed by Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc., alleges that the Dr Pepper Bottling Co. in Dublin is selling the soft drink beyond the six-county territory designated in its license agreement. The suit, filed in federal court in the Eastern District of Texas, also “seeks to end the bottler’s unauthorized use of the term ‘Dublin Dr Pepper’ on product packaging and on other merchandise. KAREN ROBINSON-JACOBS , The Dallas Morning News 06/30/2011 | Read Article: The Dallas Morning News |
BART Pays $1.3 Million in Fatal Shooting |
| The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has agreed to pay $1.3 million to a local woman whose son was shot and killed by an officer more than two years ago. The man was traveling home on a rail car when a fight broke out, the lawsuit stated. He was lying face down on a rail platform unarmed when an officer fatally shot him. The Los Angeles Times reported the officer believed he was drawing his Taser and not his pistol. Maria L. La Ganga, LA Times 06/29/2011 | Read Article: LA Times |
Suit: Osteoporosis Drug Causes Brittle Bones |
| A Hawaiian woman has filed a lawsuit against drugmaker Merck & Co. over the drug Fosamax, claiming long-term use of the drug contributed to the breaking of her thigh bone. Fosamax, which is used to treat osteoporosis, makes bones more brittle after long-term use, the lawsuit claims. The plaintiff had been taking Fosamax since 2001. Kristen Consillio , Honolulu Advertiser 06/30/2011 | Read Article: Honolulu Advertiser |
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Round 1 in Appeals of Health Care Overhaul Goes to Obama |
| The Obama administration prevailed Wednesday in the first appellate review of the 2010 health care law as a three-judge panel from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that it was constitutional for Congress to require that Americans buy health insurance. Lawyers on both sides of the case widely expect the Supreme Court to take one or more of the cases, perhaps as soon as its coming term, which starts in October. The speed of the Sixth Circuit ruling could help ensure that timing. Kevin Sack, The New York Times 06/30/2011 | Read Article: The New York Times |
Mine Owners Misled Inspectors, Investigators Say |
| Federal investigators said Wednesday that Massey Energy, the owner of the West Virginia mine where 29 men were killed in an explosion last year, misled government inspectors by keeping accounts of hazardous conditions out of official record books where inspectors would see them. a dual accounting system practiced by Massey before the deadly explosion, in which safety problems and efforts to fix them were recorded in an internal set of books, out of sight of state inspectors, and off the official books that the law required them to keep. SABRINA TAVERNISE, The New York Times 06/30/2011 | Read Article: The New York Times |
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Health Care Costs Vary Widely, Study Shows |
| Patients pay as much as 683% more for the same medical procedures, such as MRIs or CT scans, in the same town, depending on which doctor they choose, according to a study by a national health care group. That means patients who pay for a percentage of their care, instead of a co-payment, may end up spending hundreds of dollars more for a certain procedure than they would if they chose treatment somewhere else — often within a few minutes' drive. "There's been a barrage of studies that show differences from region to region," said Christopher Parks, founder of Change:healthcare. "That makes sense — California's more expensive than Alabama. But this is within a 20-mile radius in your own town." Kelly Kennedy, USA Today 06/30/2011 | Read Article: USA Today |
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Workers Hospitalized From Chlorine Gas Exposure at Ark.Tyson Plant |
| Five workers exposed to chlorine gas at a Tyson Foods Inc. chicken processing plant are in intensive care and about 50 others remain hospitalized after an accident caused by the unintentional mixing of two chemicals, the company. The accident at the plant in Springdale resulted in the evacuation of about 300 workers, 173 of whom were treated at hospitals. Associated Press, The Washington Post 06/30/2011 | Read Article: The Washington Post |
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