| Didn't make it to Austin? No worries! TTLA Car Wrecks Seminar is coming to Dallas | A must-attend program for anyone trying car wreck cases, this essential program provides relevant topics presented by your TTLA colleagues. Come away with the tools you need to compete in the courtroom! Happy Hour to follow hosted by the TTLA Advocates Board. Earn up to 7.0 hours MCLE credit including 1.0 hr ethics credit. Early Bird Registration ends September 30th, click on the headline to register.
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| TTLA Annual Meeting: Registration is Open! | Join TTLA December 8-9, 2016 at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas for the 2016 Annual Meeting and CLE Seminar. See this year's Keynote Speaker, Matthew Dowd, and other great speakers while earning up to 7.50 hours MCLE credit. Click on the headline to learn more.
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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| Oklahomaâ??s Top Court: Companies Canâ??t Set Own Rules for Injured Workers |  | A national campaign to rewrite state laws and allow businesses to decide how to care for their injured workers suffered a significant setback Tuesday when the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that Oklahomaâ??s version of the law is unconstitutional. The 2013 legislation gave Oklahoma employers the ability to â??opt outâ?? of the state workersâ?? compensation system and write their own plans, setting the terms for what injuries were covered, which doctors workers could see, how workers were compensated and how disputes were handled. Tuesdayâ??s decision is the latest in a series of state Supreme Court rulings that have struck down several business-driven workersâ?? comp laws featured in the ProPublica and NPR investigation.Oklahomaâ??s ruling leaves Texas as the only state that lets employers opt out of workersâ?? comp insurance.
Michael Grabell, ProPublica 09/14/2016    | | Read Article: ProPublica |
| Arlington Woman Sues Vapor Shop | | An Arlington woman is suing a vapor store for $1 million in damages, saying she suffered severe burns and disfigurement after an e-cigarette battery exploded in her pocket. According to a petition filed in district court Monday by Johnnie Flores, the lithium-ion battery she purchased at Luxor Vapors exploded June 29, causing a scathing hot mixture of shrapnel and battery liquid to burn through the flesh of her hand and leg. The explosion caused third-degree burns, skin deformities and loss of sensation.
SUSAN MCFARLAND, Star Telegram 09/14/2016 | | Read Article: Star Telegram |
| $50M Lawsuit Filed Over Church's Chicken Floor Collapse | | A $50 million lawsuit has been filed against Church's Chicken by an employee at a store in Livingston, Texas, who was injured when a portion of the store's floor collapsed. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff was burned on nearly 65 percent of her body when a fryer fell and she was covered in grease. Two other employees were in the restaurant when the floor collapsed. The lawsuit alleges that a hole in the floor and the fallen fryer caused "boiling grease (to) literally cook Ms. Acevedo as she lay there, trapped." The plaintiff alleges in the lawsuit that she will require medical care for the rest of her life because of her injuries.
Staff Report, KHOU-TV 09/12/2016 | | Read Article: KHOU-TV |
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