| | TSC Order: Expedited Actions & Dismissals | | TTLA President-Elect, Brad Parker, sent an email to the TTLA membership yesterday regarding the Texas Supreme Court's approval of rules on expedited actions and dismissals. To access the email click on the headline. | | Former Punter Files Suit Over Reliant Stadium Turf | |  | | A former punter for the Houston Texans has filed a lawsuit against the company that operates Reliant Stadium, saying the stadium turf caused his career-ending knee injury. In his lawsuit, Brett Hartmann quotes multiple players and coaches who have called the turf at Reliant Stadium "terrible" and "inconsistent." The stadium turf is pieced together in 8-by-8 foot palettes, creating seams between the pieces that are unsafe for players, the suit says. The Texans are not named in the lawsuit.
Wire Report, USA Today 11/16/2012    | | Read Article: USA Today | | Suit Settled over False-Positive Drug Test | | | | Lawrence County Children and Youth Services in Pennsylvania has agreed to settle a lawsuit with a woman who lost custody of her baby over a false-positive drug test. The woman tested positive for opium after delivering her baby, but the false-positive was caused by a poppyseed bagel she ate shortly before going into labor. The child was in foster care for five days before being returned to her mother.
Rich Lord , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 11/16/2012 | | Read Article: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | | ICE Settles Employement Lawsuit | | | | A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer has settled a $125,000 lawsuit with ICE over claims of a "frat house" atmosphere in the ICE office. In his suit, the plaintiff said that under Suzanne Barr, the former ICE chief of staff, the office fostered a work environment that "humiliated male employees." As part of the settlement, the plaintiff will keep his job.
Wire Report, The New York Times 11/15/2012 | | Read Article: The New York Times | | Woman Fired After Giving Birth at Work, Files Suit | | | | A former New York City hotel manager has filed a lawsuit against her former employer, saying she was fired after giving birth in the hotel. The woman returned to work three days after giving birth and said she was docked pay for the time she missed and then slowly stripped of responsibilities. The woman says she was fired for being over forty and that hotel officials only wanted "young, thin" girls on staff.
Staff Report, United Press International 11/15/2012 | | Read Article: United Press International | | General Motors Recalls 12,000 Cadillac Sedans | | | | General Motors Inc. has issued a recall of more than 12,000 2013 Cadillac XTS sedans due to problems with the rear-seat head restraints. The company said the head restraints may not lock into the proper position, which could increase the risk of neck injury in a crash. Dealerships will replace the head restraints free of charge, GM said.
Jonathan Welsh, WSJ Blogs 11/16/2012 | | Read Article: WSJ Blogs | | Papa John's Hit with Class-Action Suit over Texts | | | | Papa John's Pizza has been hit with a $250 million class-action lawsuit by customers who are accusing the company of illegally sending them spam text messages. The lawsuit claims that Papa John's sent nearly 500,000 unsolicited promotional text messages in 2010 without seeking customer permission. Plaintiffs in the suit are seeking $500 per unwanted text, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Tiffany Hsu, LA Times 11/14/2012 | | Read Article: LA Times | | |
