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| Oil Rig and Construction Accident CLE, April 16-17 in San Antonio | New and exciting this year, TTLA's Oil Rig and Construction Accident Seminar is the first course of its kind specifically designed to provide a comprehensive overview into all things oil rig and construction accident related. Construction is back on the rise and Texas leads the nation in oil rig accidents. Click on the headline to learn more and register.
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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| Judge Declines Dismissal of NHL Concussion Lawsuit |  | A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit over concussions in the National Hockey League. The U.S. District judge in Minnesota on Wednesday declined to dismiss the lawsuit, which alleges that the NHL knowingly withheld information about the long-term effects of concussions. According to the judge, the players have "adequately alleged that the NHL negligently or fraudulently omitted information."
Staff Report, Reuters 03/25/2015    | | Read Article: Reuters |
| Fraud Lawsuit Against Zynga to Proceed | | A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit against Zynga, creators of the popular online game FarmVille, can proceed. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White in San Francisco decided to move the lawsuit forward after dismissing a previous version of the lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that Zynga defrauded shareholders before and after the company's December 2011 initial public offering. According to the lawsuit, the company concealed declining user activity and inflated its revenue forecast. The lawsuit was filed by the company's shareholders.
Jonathan Stempel, Reuters 03/26/2015 | | Read Article: Reuters |
| U.S. Government Partially Settles Ambulance Fraud Lawsuit | | The U.S. government has settled a lawsuit against one ambulance company and four hospitals, while continuing a fraud lawsuit against another ambulance company. The lawsuit alleged that the ambulance company defrauded the U.S. government by claiming that individuals had a medical need which required transportation by ambulance, when they did not. The lawsuit was filed against Century Ambulance and Liberty Ambulance, as well as UF Health Jacksonville, Memorial Hospital, Orange Park Medical Center and Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville in Florida.
Andrew Pantazi, Florida Times Union 03/25/2015 | | Read Article: Florida Times Union |
| Kaiser Ordered to Pay Woman Over $28 Million | | A Los Angeles jury awarded more than $28 million to a woman who said Kaiser Permanente doctors wrongly delayed an MRI that could have detected an aggressive cancerous tumor that caused her to lose her right leg. Attorneys for 23-year-old Anna Rahm of Chatsworth argued that a cancerous tumor in her pelvis grew during the three months she and her mother tried to persuade Kaiser doctors to authorize an MRI. By the time the test was finally approved, doctors were forced to amputate Rahm's right leg, half of her pelvis and part of her spine.
STUART PFEIFER, LA Times 03/27/2015 | | Read Article: LA Times |
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