| TTLA Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Seminar | October 22-23 | Royal Sonesta, Houston | Get ready for 2015 PMD Night Out! Click the headline for more information on TTLA's Party of the Year! Held exclusively during TTLA's Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Seminar, this is the party you will be talking about all year. You also won't want to miss the sell-out seminar with an unprecedented lineup of in-demand topics, storied speakers and unparalleled insight. This year, experience something REAL. Real Torts. Real Talk. Real Time.
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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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| Inside Corporate America's Campaign to Ditch Workers' Comp | | | ProPublica and NPR obtained the injury benefit plans of nearly 120 companies who have opted out of Workers Comp in Texas or Oklahoma to conduct the first independent analysis of how these plans compare to state workers' comp.
Michael Grabell, ProPublica & Howard Berkes, NPR, ProPublica 10/14/2015   
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| Gun Shop Ordered to Pay Millions to Injured Police Officers |  | Jurors ordered a Wisconsin gun shop to pay nearly $6 million on Tuesday to two Milwaukee police officers who were shot and seriously wounded by a gun purchased at the store. The ruling came in a negligence lawsuit filed by the officers against Badger Guns, a shop in suburban Milwaukee that authorities have linked to hundreds of firearms found at crime scenes. The lawsuit alleges the store ignored several warning signs that the gun was being sold to a 'straw buyer,' or someone who was buying a gun for someone who couldn't legally do so.
Greg Moore?|?AP , The Washington Post 10/14/2015 | | Read Article: The Washington Post |
| Who Pays for Fire? Answer Will Affect Millions of Texas Renters | | The Texas Supreme Court will determine who must pay for $83,000 in damage to a San Antonio apartment that was caused by an accidental dryer fire with no clear cause. The apartment complex and its insurance company say the dryer's owner is on the hook because she signed a basic lease ' similar if not identical to contracts signed by most Texas renters ' requiring tenants to pay for damage not caused by the landlord's negligence. At issue is Provision 12 of the 11-page lease agreement ' provided by the Texas Apartment Association and used by landlords statewide ' that requires renters to pay for 'any' damage that wasn't caused by the property owner's 'negligence or fault.'
Chuck Lindell , Austin American Statesman 10/14/2015 | | Read Article: Austin American Statesman |
| Texas Doctors May Refuse to Treat New Mexico Patients | | | Some doctors here in Texas are threatening to stop seeing patients from New Mexico. That's according to the New Mexico Medical Society. The Hobbs News-Sun reports that patients have filed lawsuits in New Mexico for procedures done in Texas. A judge ruled that New Mexico law applies, not Texas law. That decision is now being appealed to the New Mexico Supreme Court.
KCBD, KCBD 11 10/14/2015
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| Lawsuit Filed Over Cargo Ship That Sank in Hurricane Joaquin | | A lawsuit is being filed against TOTE Services and TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico over the sinking of a cargo ship near the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin. The $100 million lawsuit was filed by the estate of one of the 33 crew members who went missing after the ship sank. The last communication from the ship occurred on October 1 and said that the ship had taken on water. The ship was headed into the hurricane and was presumed missing after no further communication.
Dana Treen, Florida Times Union 10/14/2015 | | Read Article: Florida Times Union |
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