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The Brief for Sept 4
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Eleanor Dearman and John Reynolds, Texas Tribune 09/04/2015 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Laws/Cases

Suit Filed After Wrong Body Displayed at Funeral Service
An Ohio family has filed a lawsuit after the wrong body was displayed at the funeral of their relative. According to the lawsuit, filed in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, a Columbus funeral home misplaced the woman's body and used another body in the funeral service. The lawsuit was filed by seven of the woman's family members and names Smoot Funeral Services as defendant.
John Futty, Columbus Dispatch 09/04/2015 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn icon
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Hospital Took Woman's Organs Against Wishes, Lawsuit Says
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A lawsuit has been filed by a family from Philadelphia who alleges that their deceased family member's organs were taken against her wishes. The lawsuit was filed in Philadelphia state court against Temple University Hospital and alleges that the 85-year-old woman's organs were kept by the hospital after an autopsy. According to the family, the woman had repeatedly denied the hospital use of her organs because it was against her religious beliefs.
Mitch Blacher, NBC 10 Philadelphia 09/03/2015 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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CA Family Settles With School District After Bullied Child Committed Suicide
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The family of Ronin Shimizu a 12-year-old boy who committed suicide after years of bullying, mostly over gender-related issues, have reached a $1 million settlement with the Folsom Cordova Unified School District where the harassment occurred. Shimizu took his own life last year after enduring what his family said were years of abuse that began when he was in the first grade.
REUTERS, The New York Times 09/04/2015 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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OR Magistrate: KBR Inc Cannot Recoup Legal Fees From Soldiers
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A federal magistrate in Oregon has ruled that KBR Inc cannot recoup legal fees from 12 Oregon Army National Guardsmen who accused the defense contractor of failing to protect them from cancer-causing chemicals when they served in Iraq, attorneys said on Thursday. KBR had sought to recoup $850,000 in legal fees from the guardsmen after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in May overturned a verdict by an Oregon jury in 2012 that awarded $85 million to the soldiers.
SHELBY SEBENS, Reuters 09/04/2015 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Insurance

Workers' Comp Insurer Fined $250,000
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TDI has slapped that ACE American Insurance Company with what is believed to be the highest fine ever issued for workers' compensation violations in the state ' $250,000. The company has a long history of workers' compensation violations in Texas, state records show. From 2011 to May 2015, it paid a total of $462,579 in monetary penalties (including the $250,000 fine) ' more than any other insurer in the same time frame, data from the workers' compensation division shows. The company wrote less than one percent of all workers' compensation policies in the state in 2014.
Neena Satija, Texas Tribune 09/04/2015 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Class Action

Tech Employee Poaching Lawsuit Reaches Settlement
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A settlement has been reached in the employee-poaching lawsuit filed against tech giants Google, Apple and others. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California approved the $415 million settlement of the class action lawsuit filed on behalf of tech workers. The lawsuit alleged that the companies conspired to keep employee salaries low by agreeing to not poach employees from each other. The lawsuit was originally filed back in 2011.
Dan Levine, Reuters 09/02/2015 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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