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The Brief for July 25
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Compilation of Texas news by John Reynolds at the Texas Tribune.
John Reynolds, Texas Tribune 07/25/2014   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Are Patient Privacy Laws Being Misused to Protect Medical Centers?
 
When the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act passed in 1996, its laudable provisions included preventing patients' medical information from being shared without their consent and other important privacy assurances. But recent examples show HIPAA is open to misinterpretation - and sometimes provides cover for health institutions that are protecting their own interests, not patients'.
Charles Ornstein, ProPublica  07/25/2014  Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn icon
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Laws/Cases

 
Settlement Reached in Ohio Workers' Comp Suit
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A settlement was reached this week in a lawsuit alleging that numerous employers in the state of Ohio have been overcharged for workers' compensation premiums from 2001 to 2009. The state agreed to the $420 million settlement which will be paid out to employers, many of whom are small business owners, across the state. A Cleveland judge had previously ordered the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation to pay $860 million in March 2013, but the amount was reduced after an appeals court ordered a recalculation of the damages.
Mark Williams, Columbus Dispatch 07/24/2014   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Neighbor's Cat Hoarding Results in Chicago Lawsuit
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A Chicago couple has filed a lawsuit accusing their downstairs neighbor of causing their property value to decrease because of the odors caused by her 20 cats. The lawsuit contends that the number of cats have not only aggravated the plaintiff's allergies, but "at times have become so offensive that plaintiffs have had to leave their unit for fresh air." The plaintiffs allege that the woman who lives downstairs has "defied all reasonable efforts to curtail the number of cats in her unit," despite their filing four complaints with the condo association. The lawsuit seeks over $100,000 in damages.
Michelle Manchir, Chicago Tribune 07/25/2014   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Alabama Man Sues Over Botched Circumcision
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An Alabama man has filed a lawsuit after his penis was amputated during a routine circumcision surgery. The lawsuit, filed in state court by the man and his wife, contends that the man woke up from a routine circumcision surgery to find that doctors had amputated his penis without warning that it was a possible outcome of the surgery. The lawsuit names Urology Centers of Alabama and one of its doctors, along with the Simon-Williamson Clinic and one of its doctors. The lawsuit accuses the defendants of medical malpractice, negligence and other wrongdoing.
Wire Report, New York Daily News 07/24/2014   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Products

 
Mazda Recalls U.S. Cars with Faulty Takata Air Bags
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Mazda Motor Corp will broaden a recall of cars sold in the United States because an air-bag inflator, supplied by Japan's Takata Corp, could rupture and seriously injure occupants. The issue of ruptured inflators - which can hurl metal shrapnel at vehicle occupants - has bedeviled Takata and triggered the recall of millions of vehicles last year. The company supplied the parts to at least nine global automakers.
Reuters, Reuters 07/25/2014   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Class Action

 
Lawsuit: Grocery Store Employees Locked in During Night Shift
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A lawsuit filed Thursday in Worcester County Superior Court in Massachusetts accuses supermarket chain Market Basket of locking its workers in the store overnight. The class action lawsuit, filed by two former employees, alleges that the company "violated the law by locking in workers overnight and requiring them to take unpaid breaks." According to the lawsuit, the doors of the store were locked by the closing manager at 9 or 10 at night and were not unlocked until the night shift was over at 7 am. Employees were unable to leave the building without triggering an alarm summoning the police. There are 71 Market Basket stores in Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire.
Katie Johnston, Boston Globe 07/25/2014   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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