| | COLLABORATE! TTLA’S 2014 ANNUAL CONFERENCE! | | COLLABORATE! Join TTLA President Mike Guajardo at TTLA’s 2014 Annual Conference in Austin, June 11-13. ALL MEMBERS are invited and encouraged to attend a very important meeting of our Board of Directors Meeting on June 12th. In addition, the CLE Committee has once again planned three dynamic programs. We’ll start things off with The Jury Bias Model™ - From Car Wrecks to the Complex Case presented by Greg Cusimano and David Wenner on June 11th, followed by a ½-day CLE on June 12th with some of TTLA’s brightest stars sharing their best tips. The conference will wrap up with our Annual Med Mal program with all the latest updates and insights, before closing with an evening of Magic and Music. Click here to see all we have planned for you! Two days. Three great seminars. TTLA’s 2014 Annual Conference. Click on the headline for more information and to register. | | Survey: El Paso VA Wrong About Wait Times | |  | | U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke said Wednesday that according to a study commissioned by his office, it takes El Paso veterans seeking mental health care more than two months to see a provider, and as many as a third go without treatment completely. O'Rourke released his survey following a national scandal in which dozens of veterans died while waiting for care in Phoenix. Officials there were also compiling secret lists of veterans who were awaiting treatment, according to reports. O’Rourke said he will meet with VA officials in El Paso on Thursday to discuss why the reported wait times they have reported to him are different from the ones in his office's survey.
Julián Aguilar, Texas Tribune 06/05/2014    | | Read Article: Texas Tribune | | Veterans File Suit Over Denial of Agent Orange Claims | | | | Lingering health and legal fallout from the spraying of Agent Orange during the late 1960s in Korea is the background of a lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by national veterans organizations against the Department of Veterans Affairs. The lawsuit, McKinney v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, contends that hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of veterans who served along Korea's demilitarized zone (DMZ) and who were exposed to the toxic chemical are being wrongfully denied disability benefits.
Marcia Coyle, The National Law Journal - $$ Subscription Required 06/05/2014 | | Read Article: The National Law Journal - $$ Subscription Required($) | | Sports Second Wave of Former Players Join NFL Lawsuit | | | | Former Pro Bowl defender Marcellus Wiley added his name to a lawsuit accusing NFL teams of illegally dispensing powerful narcotics and other drugs to keep players on the field without regard for their long-term health.The lawsuit was originally filed May 20 in U.S. District Court in northern California and amended Wednesday to add 250 more players, bringing the total to 750 plaintiffs. The lawsuit, which is seeking class certification, covers the years 1968-2008. It contends team physicians and trainers across the NFL routinely — and often illegally — provided powerful narcotics and other controlled substances on game days to mask the pain.
JIM LITKE, AP , Yahoo News 06/05/2014 | | Read Article: Yahoo News | | GM: Incompetence, Negligence Led to Delayed Recall | | | | GM says a pattern of incompetence and neglect, not a larger conspiracy or cover-up, is to blame for a long-delayed recall of defective ignition switches. GM CEO Mary Barra released the results of an internal investigation into the company's missteps and said 15 employees — many of them senior legal and engineering executives — have been forced out of the company for failing to disclose the defect, which the company links to 13 deaths. Five other employees have been disciplined. GM also said it will establish a compensation program for families of victims and those who suffered serious injuries in accidents related to the switches. The program is expected to begin taking claims Aug. 1.
TOM KRISHER and DEE-ANN DURBIN, AP Auto Writers, Houston Chronicle 06/05/2014 | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle | | |
