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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| Nursing Homes Challenge New Rule Giving Residents Right to Sue |  | The nursing home industry is fighting back against new rules from the Obama administration that would give patients at federally funded facilities the right to settle disputes in court. Starting Nov. 28, nursing homes that accept Medicare and/or Medicaid funds will be banned from using pre-dispute arbitration clauses in resident contracts. The policy is being enacted under new rules from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare services. In a lawsuit filed this week, the American Health Care Association and four other state and local health care groups argue CMS and the Department of Health and Human Services overstepped their authority in issuing the rule.
Lydia Wheeler , The Hill 10/24/2016    | | Read Article: The Hill |
| UVA Football Player Files Hazing Lawsuit | | A hazing lawsuit has been filed against the University of Virginia by a former football recruit who says he injured when was forced to fight another recruit. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, alleges that the plaintiff sustained an eye injury when two football players made him and another recruit fight in a makeshift ring. Named as defendants in the lawsuit are the two athletes who arranged the fight, two coaches, the school president, and athletic director. The complaint is seeking unspecified damages.
A. J. Perez, USA Today 10/20/2016 | | Read Article: USA Today |
| Crane Co. Hit With $8.5M Tip-Over Injury Verdict | | A Mississippi federal jury on Thursday hit crane manufacturer Manitowoc Cranes LLC with an $8.5 million verdict after siding with the wife of a crane operator who was severely injured in a 2014 tip-over accident, though that award will be reduced as Manitowoc wasnâ??t found completely at fault.
Steven Trader, Law360.com 10/24/2016 | | Read Article: Law360.com |
| Dr. Death | | Profile of Plano surgeon Christopher Duntsch who left a trail of bodies. The shocking story of a madman with a scalpel.
MATT GOODMAN, D Magazine 10/24/2016 | | Read Article: D Magazine |
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