Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| Two Athletes File Suit Over University's Fake Classes |  | Two student athletes from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., have filed a lawsuit accusing the school of creating fake classes in order to keep student athletes eligible. The scheme, which was kept under wraps for 18 years, was exposed in 2011. The lawsuit seeks monetary damages for the athletes affected by the scheme and calls for a commission to "review, audit, assess, and report on academic integrity in NCAA-member athletic programs and certify (the colleges provide) comparable educations and educational opportunities to athletes and non-athletes alike."
Dan Kane, News & Observer 01/22/2015    | | Read Article: News & Observer |
| Fired TCEQ Investigator: Law Firm Triggered Dismissal | | Kent Langerlan, a former Texas Commission on Environmental Quality investigator, is suing Houston-based Baker Botts. After he asked the firm to represent him in a possible whistleblower claim against the TCEQ, he says, Baker Botts let the agency know about the request. The agency later fired him.
Neena Satija and Jim Malewitz, Texas Tribune 01/23/2015 | | Read Article: Texas Tribune |
| South San Antonio ISD to pay $4.5M to Student in Sex Abuse Case | | | A federal jury awarded a young man $4.5 million in damages who endured years of sexual abuse from a former South San Antonio Independent School District principal. The victim, who was in third grade when the molestation began at the hands of former Price Elementary School Principal Michael Alcoser, filed a civil suit against the district when he turned 18, claiming they violated Title 9 of the Civil Rights Act.
Tim Gerber, KSAT.com 01/23/2015
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| Woman Files Suit Against Honda & Takata Claiming Airbag Paralyzed Her | | A Florida woman has sued Honda and Takata, saying she was paralyzed by an overpowered replacement airbag in her Honda Civic. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of 76-year-old Patricia Mincey, alleges that Honda and Takata concealed potentially dangerous defects in Takata airbag systems for more than a decade. On June 15, Mincey ran a red light going about 20 mph in her 2001 Honda Civic and collided with an SUV. The airbag in Minceyâ??s Civic inflated too forcefully, the suit alleges, paralyzing her from the neck down.
DAVID UNDERCOFFLER, LA Times 01/23/2015 | | Read Article: LA Times |
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