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  August 28, 2014

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Texas Tribune Daily Brief


 

The Brief for August 28

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Compilation of Texas news by the Texas Tribune.
John Reynolds, Texas Tribune 08/28/2014   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Editorials/Columns/Letters


 

Sixel: Challenges to Limits on What Employees Can Say on Social Media

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As social media becomes more pervasive, employers are trying to put a lid on negative comments that find their way onto Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. But companies have to tread carefully because the National Labor Relations Act protects employees who join together, whether they're union members or not, to discuss wages, hours and working conditions.
L.M. Sixel, Houston Chronicle 08/28/2014   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Laws/Cases


 

Family Sues Border Patrol Over Man's Shooting Death

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A vague policy allowed Border Patrol agents to use deadly force to shoot an unarmed Mexican man on the banks of the Rio Grande two years ago, the man's family alleged in a lawsuit Wednesday. The widow and daughters of Guillermo Arévalo Pedraza are suing the U.S. government, a Border Patrol agent and his super­visors. They claim a discriminatory policy allowed agents to shoot at rock-throwers who didn't pose a serious threat. Arévalo's widow, Nora Isabel Lam, said Wednesday that no one was throwing rocks the day Arévalo was shot in front of his daughters while the family was celebrating a birthday in a
Jason Buch, Houston Chronicle 08/28/2014   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Concussion Lawsuit Seeks to Force Rule Changes in Soccer

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A group of soccer parents and players filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday morning against FIFA over its handling of concussions. Filed in US District Court in California, the suit also names American soccer organizations, including U.S. Soccer and the American Youth Soccer Organization, charging that they and FIFA have been negligent in monitoring and treating head injuries. The plaintiffs do not seek financial damages but ask for changes to the sport’s rules, such as limiting headers for children and altering FIFA’s substitution protocols. With the N.F.L., the N.H.L. and the N.C.A.A. involved in concussion litigation, soccer’s governing bodies are the latest to face a lawsuit over head injuries.
BEN STRAUSS, The New York Times 08/28/2014   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Lawsuit Claims Deputies Coerced Confession from Teen

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A lawsuit was filed on Wednesday alleging that investigators with the sheriff's department of St. Clair County, Missouri coerced a mentally impaired 17-year-old boy into confessing that he committed an armed robbery. The deputies arrested the boy because he had the same first name as a person implicated in the armed robbery of a couple trying to purchase a phone through a Craigslist posting. The lawsuit contends that the investigators coerced the boy, who has cognitive abilities comparable to those of a child 9 or 10 years old, into confessing by telling him he could avoid jail time and by feeding him the details of the case. The teen spent nine months in jail before he was released on bail in May. The case was dropped in June after investigators reviewed the videotape of the confession.
Robert Patrick, St. Louis Post Dispatch 08/27/2014   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Family Files Lawsuit Over Taser Death

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A lawsuit has been filed against the city of East Point, Georiga by the family of a man who died after police tased him multiple times. The 24-year-old man was hit by the officers' Taser guns while on a foot chase after his girlfriend reported a domestic dispute. The lawsuit contends that the officers continued to use their Tasers on the man even after he begged them to stop to let him rest after running. The man died just moments after being hit with the Tasers. According to the lawsuit, the guns were activated a combined total of 14 times.
Rhonda Cook, Atlanta Journal-Constitution 08/28/2014   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Class Action


 

 

FedEx Drivers' Class Action Suit to Move Forward

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A federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that a class action lawsuit filed by a group of FedEx drivers can move forward. The lawsuit targeted work conditions in which the drivers were classified as independent contractors rather than employees. The appeals court rejected FedEx's claim that the drivers should be labeled as independent contractors and concluded that the workers should be classified as employees under California law. In their lawsuit, the delivery drivers allege that "FedEx illegally shifted hundreds of millions of dollars in costs to them by declaring them independent contractors." The lawsuit seeks compensation for driver expenses, including FedEx branded trucks, uniforms and scanners, as well as for missed meal and rest periods, and overtime.
Howard Mintz, San Jose Mercury News 08/27/2014   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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