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The Brief for April 5
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CASSANDRA POLLOCK AND BOBBY BLANCHARD, Texas Tribune 05/05/2017 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Issues

Exxon Safety Lapses Led To Calif. Refinery Blast, CSB Says
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The U.S. Chemical Safety Board on Wednesday pointed a finger squarely at ExxonMobil for a February 2015 explosion at a California refinery the oil company owned at the time, saying numerous safety lapses contributed to an easily preventable accident. The CSB released its final report on the explosion in a fluid catalytic cracking unit, which produces gasoline and other refined petroleum products, at the refinery in Torrance, California, that injured four workers and spewed hazardous pollutants into the air.
Keith Goldberg, Law360 ($) 05/05/2017 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Laws/Cases

Jury orders J&J to Pay $110M in Baby Powder Lawsuit
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A Missouri jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay more than $110 million to a Virginia woman for allegedly failing to disclose the cancer risk from its baby powder and another product. Lois Slemp, 62, prevailed in the case after suing the company when she was diagnosed in 2012 with ovarian cancer. She alleged that J&J concealed the possibility that talc in its baby powder and Shower to Shower products can cause cancer.
Nathan Bomey, USA Today 05/05/2017 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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VA, Veteran Settle Suit Over Stroke For $750K
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A lawsuit alleging that doctors at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facility caused a manâ??s stroke by giving him an unneeded artery surgery has been voluntarily dismissed after a $750,000 settlement. The federal government on Tuesday agreed to dismiss a suit brought by Michael L. Holmes, who alleged in an October complaint that doctors at the McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center caused a stroke by giving him a vascular surgery that was not needed.
Abraham Moussako, Law360 ($) 05/05/2017 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Claims Trimmed In Sexual Assault Suit Against VA Doc
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A Kansas federal judge on Wednesday trimmed claims in one of 15 consolidated suits against the United States and an incarcerated U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs doctor accused of sexually assaulting patients, ruling that the patient had not exhausted his administrative remedies but that one claim of negligence would move forward.
Emma Cueto, Law360 ($) 05/05/2017 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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2nd Circ. Won't Revive Widow's Challenge To GM Crash Deal
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A widow canâ??t sue General Motors Co. for fraud after it allegedly hid documents to reach a more favorable settlement in a suit over the crash that killed her husband and four children, the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday, because she signed away her claims to a third party in that settlement.
Ryan Boysen, Law360 ($) 05/05/2017 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Lawsuit Filed in Fatal Baltimore School Bus Crash
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A lawsuit seeking more than $10 million has been filed on behalf of the victims of a deadly bus crash last fall in Southwest Baltimore, contending that a school bus driver was wrongly cleared to work despite previous crashes and health problems. The lawsuit alleges that Texas-based health care giant Concentra, which provides commercial driver certifications, overlooked multiple seizures suffered by bus driver Glenn Chappell, 67, when it cleared him to drive. That history of seizures, as well as of diabetes and hypertension, should have disqualified him from operating a commercial vehicle under state and federal law, federal investigators have said.
Justin Fenton, Baltimore Sun 05/05/2017 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Healthcare

Deadly 'Superbug' Fungus Emerging in U.S. Hospitals
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A deadly "superbug" fungus that is hard to spot and harder to kill is slowly infiltrating U.S. hospitals, health experts say. Candida auris enters the bloodstream, spreads throughout the body and causes a variety of infections, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns. More than 60 cases have been identified in the U.S., all but a few of them in New York and New Jersey. The CDC has alerted hospitals and other health care facilities across the nation to watch out for the relatively new fungus.
John Bacon, USA Today 05/05/2017 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Products

Bombay Sapphire Gin Recalled For Having Double The Alcohol Content
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A recent production error resulted in bottles of Bombay Sapphire's London Dry Gin being bottled before the dilution process that reduces the alcohol content by volume. A regular bottle contains 40% alcohol and this batch, as discovered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, ended up being 77%. At the moment, the recall is limited to Canadian markets, but the investigation could lead to a recall of other products and territories.
Zlati Meyer, USA Today 05/04/2017 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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