| Bill Filing Begins, Setting Stage for 2017 Texas Legislature |  | The unofficial launch of the Texas Legislatureâ??s 85th session got underway Monday with the prefiling of bills that will be debated, amended and in some cases ignored through the first half of 2017. Prefiling begins the first Monday after the general election, and the 140-day session gavels in on Jan. 10. More than 250 bills had been filed in the first two hours.
Chuck Lindell, Austin American-Statesman 11/14/2016    | | Read Article: Austin American-Statesman |
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| Chemical Breakdown (Part 7): Bad mix: Risky Cargo in Dense Areas | | About 400 trucks a day loaded with tons of hazardous chemicals, such as chlorine, butadiene and formaldehyde, inch along 610 in bumper-to-bumper traffic and pass within a mile of NRG Stadium, Memorial Park and the Galleria shopping center. Nearby cities and towns have even more dangerous routes, designating their main thoroughfares for transporting hazardous chemicals, including Mont Belvieu and Conroe. The last time a route was updated anywhere in the Houston area was more than 20 years ago, according to data from the state Department of Transportation. Other Texas cities, including Austin, have no designated routes at all.
Susan Carroll & Matt Dempsey, Houston Chronicle 11/14/2016 | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
| Chicago Transportation Worker Awarded $2.5M Over Injuries | | About $2.5 million has been awarded to a Chicago transportation worker who was injured in a crash allegedly caused by a police officer chasing a cyclist. The lawsuit was filed by the CTA employee who suffered a serious spinal injury after the August 10, 2012, incident in which a police car crashed into a train. The lawsuit, filed in Cook County court, alleged that the police officer violated safety regulations requiring officers to weigh the risks of chasing a suspect. Last week the Cook County jury found in favor of the plaintiff, awarding him $2.5 million.
Mary Wisniewski , Chicago Tribune 11/09/2016 | | Read Article: Chicago Tribune |
| $4M Awarded to Massachusetts Parents of Infant Killed by Nanny | | A judge has awarded $4 million to a Massachusetts couple who alleges that their nanny killed their child. The nanny was indicted for the murder of the child, however, the charge was dropped after a medical examiner changed his ruling on the cause of the infant's death. The parents of the child filed suit against the woman alleging that the nanny was responsible for their child's death. The lawsuit sought compensatory and punitive damages and to prevent the nanny from profiting through movie or book deals.
Patricia Wen, Boston Globe 11/11/2016 | | Read Article: Boston Globe |
| New California Law Takes Immigration Status Out of Injury Claims | | A new law was passed in California stating that courts will no longer be allowed to question a plaintiff's immigration status during personal injury cases. The law, passed in February of this year, revokes the court's ability to use a plaintiff's immigration status as a defense to the determination of lost earnings. The case that the new law was based on involved a man who was injured in an accident two decades after he entered the country illegally. The plaintiff was awarded $99,000 for his injuries, however, after an appeal, the award was nullified.
Staff Report, The National Law Review 11/11/2016 | | Read Article: The National Law Review |
| WWE Dismissed from Two Wrongful Death Lawsuits | | World Wrestling Entertainment Inc has been dismissed from two lawsuits over the deaths of two former wrestlers. The lawsuits were filed by the families of the wrestlers who claimed that their deaths were caused by brain injuries they suffered in the ring. However, on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Vanessa Bryant in Hartford, Connecticut ruled that the plaintiffs failed to link the wrestlers' deaths to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), or show they were caused by the company's negligence or fraudulent conduct.
Jonathan Stempel, Reuters 11/11/2016 | | Read Article: Reuters |
| Family of Texas Woman Dragged to Death by Tow Truck Files Lawsuit | | A Texas family has filed a lawsuit over a woman's death after she was dragged by a tow truck. The woman was killed after she chased a tow truck and ended up being dragged and left for dead, the lawsuit contends. The lawsuit names as defendants San Antonio-based Atlas Towing and Storage, its tow truck driver Joseph F. Munoz Jr., and Mission Rock Residential Texas dba Salado Springs Apartments. The woman left behind a 10-year-old son and her father.
Erik De La Garza, Courthouse News Service 11/10/2016 | | Read Article: Courthouse News Service |
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