| | Car Wrecks CLE in Dallas, October 9, 2014 (8 hours MCLE with 1.5 hours ethics) | | TTLA's CLE Committee has revamped our exceptional Car Wrecks program to bring you innovative, relevant topics and some exciting new speakers. From new issues like E-Filing, to fresh looks at opening & closing, voir dire and defense strategies, you'll come away with tips, insights & valuable information to give you the edge in your car wreck cases. Additionally, the TTLA Advocates Board of Directors is pleased to host a post-CLE Happy Hour. Click on the headline to learn more. |
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| L.M. Sixel: OSHA Tightens Rules on Reportable Injuries | | 
| | Beginning Jan. 1, OSHA will require employers to notify the agency every time a worker is sent to the hospital with a work-related injury. Currently, employers do not have to notify OSHA unless three or more workers are hospitalized. The agency will also expand the list of injuries that must be reported. That will include amputations and the loss of an eye. Employers have 24 hours in which to report the hospitalizations, amputations and eye losses under the new rules. Companies must continue to report every work-related fatality. Employers have eight hours to make the disclosure.
L.M. Sixel, Houston Chronicle 09/12/2014    | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
| Workplace Deaths Decline, But Texas Still Fares Worst | |
| | Texas saw a decline in the number of people killed on the job in 2013, but the state still leads the nation in workplace fatalities, according to preliminary government data released Thursday. As the Texas Tribune reported in its Hurting For Work series this summer, Texas has led the nation in worker fatalities for seven of the last 10 years. That trend held firm with the release of the 2013 data. Stretching back to 2000, Texas has experienced more job fatalities than any other state for 10 of those 14 years.
Jay Root, Texas Tribune 09/12/2014 | | Read Article: Texas Tribune |
| Former Mets Exec. Alleges She Was Fired After Becoming Pregnant | |
| | A lawsuit was filed against the chief operating officer of the New York Mets baseball team alleging that he belittled an employee for becoming pregnant outside of marriage. The former team executive from the ticket sales office filed the lawsuit which alleges she was harassed and eventually lost her job after she became pregnant. In response to the lawsuit, the team has stated that the lawsuit is "without merit" and that it opposes "any and all forms of discrimination."
Mike Vorkunov, NJ.com 09/10/2014 | | Read Article: NJ.com |
| Lawsuit: Doctor Failed to Tell Patient of Cancer Diagnosis | |
| | An Illinois woman has filed a lawsuit alleging that her father's doctor failed to inform him that he had cancer, which later killed him. According to the lawsuit, the doctor told the plaintiff's father that he was cancer-free following the removal of a tumor. A week later, a pathology report indicated that the man still had cancer, which the lawsuit contends the doctor failed to report. The plaintiff alleges that her father's chance of survival would have improved significantly had they known about the cancer earlier, instead of going a year without treatment. The man died in April 2013 of bladder cancer. The lawsuit is expected to go to trial in the next year in Cook County Circuit Court.
Wes Venteicher, Chicago Tribune 09/11/2014 | | Read Article: Chicago Tribune |
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