| 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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| 5th Circ. Backs Native Oilfield Drivers' $4M Overtime Win |  | A Fifth Circuit panel upheld a $3.7 million post-verdict award for 108 former Native Oilfield Services LLC drivers alleging the pressure-pumping company failed to compensate them for overtime, finding Tuesday that a lower court did not miscalculate the class's damages. Native Oilfield had said that it was entitled to a new trial because the court did not correctly calculate the damages, and that the evidence did not support the juryâ??s finding.
Adam Lidgett, Law360.com 09/22/2016    | | Read Article: Law360.com |
| Hotel Says Insurer Can't Get Quick Win In Hail Coverage Suit | | A Crowne Plaza hotel next to the Houston Astrodome that says it suffered uncompensated hail damage in an April 2013 storm urged a Texas federal judge on Monday to reject its insurerâ??s bid to beat the suit, saying the motion involves â??sleight of hand.â?? Owner Metro Hospitality Partners says it told Lexington Insurance Co. about the April 2013 storm within two days, but that Lexington has dragged its feet and now, during the summary judgment phase, is claiming Metro didnâ??t cooperate.
Cara Salvatore, Law360.com 09/22/2016 | | Read Article: Law360.com |
| New Listeria Scare Leads Blue Bell to Recall 2 Flavors | | On Wednesday, Blue Bell announced a recall of "select products" that came from its plant in Sylacauga, Ala. because they were made with a chocolate chip cookie dough ingredient supplied by a vendor that was "potentially" contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.The cookie dough ingredients came from Garner, Iowa-based Aspen Hills, Inc. The Blue Bell Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Blue Bell Cookie Two Step ice cream products were not sold in Texas, but they were distributed in 10 states throughout the south, including Louisiana.
Mike Glenn, Houston Chronicle 09/22/2016 | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
| Widow of New Jersey Skier Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Teen | | A wrongful-death lawsuit has been filed over the death of a New Jersey skier in Breckenridge, Colorado. The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Denver by the widow of the 43-year-old skier who was killed. The complaint names as defendants the teen skier who hit the plaintiff's husband, his mother and his ski instructor. The teen was preparing for the US Snowboard and Freeskiing Association competition when the collision took place. The complaint seeks compensatory damages in excess of $75,000.
Kirk Mitchell, Denver Post 09/21/2016 | | Read Article: Denver Post |
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