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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| School District Proposes Settlement of Abuse Lawsuit |  | Clark County School District in Nevada is settling a lawsuit filed by the mother of a mute, autistic student who suffered abuse at the hand of his special education teacher. The lawsuit alleged that the boy was physically abused by the teacher and cites an incident in which the teacher kicked the boy in the chest, throwing his head into a concrete wall and causing him permanent brain injury. The school district has decided on a $205,000 proposed settlement, $100,000 each for the mother and her son and $5,000 for legal costs.
Trevon Milliard, Las Vegas Review Journal 11/12/2014    | | Read Article: Las Vegas Review Journal |
| Lawsuit: Former Credit Union Manager Misused $19M in Funds | | A federal lawsuit filed by the National Credit Union Administration Board alleges that a former El Paso credit union manager used $19 million in funds to benefit herself and her family by funneling money into several different accounts. The lawsuit was filed on October 15 against the former manager and her husband and contends that the woman "caused the credit union to issue about $19 million in unrecorded nonmember share certificates." The lawsuit alleges that the defendant used names of friends and deceased credit union members to funnel the money back to herself. A status hearing for the case is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday.
Adrianna M. Chavez, El Paso Times 11/12/2014 | | Read Article: El Paso Times |
| T. Boone Pickens' Son Demands $15.6M in Lawsuit | | Michael O. Pickens claimed in the complaint filed to the Dallas County District Court that his father agreed to compensate him for taking a position with oil and gas production company Primexx Energy Partners Ltd. with interest in Primexx and another company, Mesa Prime Partners, and a $50,000 salary. Pickens estimated the interest to be worth $13.6 million. Pickens also claimed he was promised $1.5 million in interest of Neofirma, a drilling software firm, for 'watching over the comapny,' and $500,000 in exchange for performing 'due diligence' on FLW Outdoors, an organizer of fishing tournaments that his father wanted to buy.
Joshua Cain, Houston Chronicle 11/13/2014 | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
| Eagle Ford Mineral-Rights Trial Underway | | The beneficiaries of the South Texas Syndicate Trust were ripped off by its one-time trustee, JPMorgan Chase Bank, in its management of valuable mineral rights in the heart of the Eagle Ford Shale, a lawyer for the beneficiaries told jurors during the opening of a trial Wednesday. More than half of the trust's approximately 280 beneficiaries sued the nation's largest bank in 2010 in Bexar County District Court, alleging the bank put its interests ahead of the rights holders. The trust owns the mineral rights to 132,000 acres in LaSalle and McMullen counties. It's the site of the Eagle Ford's first discovery well.
Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express News 11/13/2014 | | Read Article: San Antonio Express News |
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