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| TTLA Annual Meeting & Advanced PI CLE Seminar December 2-4 | Mark your calendar and register today! TTLA Annual Meeting & Advanced PI CLE Seminar, December 2-4, Four Seasons Hotel, Houston. CLE speakers are confirmed and the program agenda is set. Registration is now open. Hotel room rate of $195 per night expires November 10. Reserve your room today using promo code CI1215LA or call 800-734-4114 and mention the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. Click on the headline to learn more.
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| San Antonio Car Wrecks CLE Seminar, November 5, 2015 | Earn up to 7.25 hours MCLE credit including 1.0 hr ethics credit. TTLA's Car Wrecks CLE Seminar features practical, in-depth tips and strategies to help you WIN YOUR CASES. Come away with the tools you need to compete in the courtroom! Click on the headline to learn more and register.
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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| The Brief for Oct 19 |  |
John Reynolds and Madlin Mekelburg, 10/19/2015    |
| Former College Baseball Player Files Suit Over Injury That Ended Career | | A lawsuit has been filed by a former baseball player for Ohio University who alleges that his baseball career was ended because his coach encouraged the team not to complain about injuries. The lawsuit was recently filed by the former player in the Ohio Court of Claims. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff suffered a tear in the shoulder cartilage of his throwing arm in 2012 and underwent surgery to repair the injury. After returning to the team, he was made to throw an "excessive" amount of balls and was injured again, ending his baseball career.
Staff Report, Columbus Dispatch 10/16/2015 | | Read Article: Columbus Dispatch |
| Attorneys Filing Suit Over RoundUp's Cancer Link | | Attorneys across the United States are preparing to file suit against Monsanto Co, the maker of the herbicide RoundUp. The product has been linked to cancer in farm workers and other people exposed to it. The latest lawsuit was filed in Delaware Superior Court by three individuals. According to the lawsuit, Monsanto "led a prolonged campaign of misinformation to convince government agencies, farmers and the general population that Roundup was safe."
Casey Gillam, Reuters 10/15/2015 | | Read Article: Reuters |
| Kia Recalls 377,000 Sorento SUVs | | Kia has issued a recall on over 377,000 of their Sorento SUVs due to an issue in which the transmission can be shifted out of park when the driver's foot isn't on the brake. The South Korean automaker has recalled Sorentos from the 2011 through 2013 model years. According to Kia, the company began investigating the cars after a report that a child shifted the transmission causing the car to roll and resulting in an injury. The affected cars have caused three injuries thus far.
Staff Report, CBSNews.com 10/15/2015 | | Read Article: CBSNews.com |
| Volkswagen Adds Vehicles to Emissions Testing Recall | | On Thursday, German automaker Volkswagen announced that it would be recalling 8.5 million vehicles across the European Union in connection with the recent emissions test cheating scandal. It was recently discovered that Volkswagen rigged its vehicles to deceptively pass emissions tests. With an additional 500,000 recalled vehicles in the United States, the Volkswagen recall is expected to total about 11 million globally, costing the company about $40 billion.
Wire Report, personalinjury.com 10/19/2015 | | Read Article: personalinjury.com |
| Report: VW Made Several Defeat Devices | | VW made several versions of its "defeat device" software to rig diesel emissions tests, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters, potentially suggesting a complex deception by the automaker. During seven years, Volkswagen altered its illegal software for four engine types, said the sources, who include a VW manager with knowledge of the matter and a U.S. official close to an investigation into the company.
ANDREAS CREMER, BRUCE WALLACE AND PAUL LIENERT, Reuters 10/19/2015 | | Read Article: Reuters |
| Takata Airbag Problem Returns | | The deadly problem with exploding Takata airbag inflators continues to spread to newer vehicles, this time hitting a small number of 2015 General Motors cars and SUVs. GM is recalling more than 400 vehicles because the side airbag inflators could rupture and send shrapnel into drivers and passengers, according to the company and documents posted Saturday by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Tom Krishne, AP, Christian Science Monitor 10/19/2015 | | Read Article: Christian Science Monitor |
| 'Medical necessity' Decried as a Loophole for Insuring the Mentally Ill | | President George W. Bush signed a law requiring any insurance policy that included mental health treatment to be equal in coverage to medical treatment. The measure was further strengthened in 2010 with the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Glenn Urbach, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness Greater Houston, says insurance companies continue to discriminate against the mentally ill but have gone underground so it is harder to see - or prove. He says insurers review mental health claims more aggressively than medical claims and find ways to limit coverage by refusing to authorize more than a few days in the hospital.
Jenny Deam, Houston Chronicle 10/19/2015 | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
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