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Texas Tribune Daily Brief

The Brief for April 3
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In today's Brief: More Texans apply for unemployment relief and how the faith community is responding to COVID-19.
Elvia Limón, Texas Tribune 04/03/2020 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Studies/Reports

Sleepy Barge Pilot Blamed for March 2019 Crash
The March 15, 2019 crash between the Dixie Vandal towing vessel and the docked Trinity towing vessel and an attached barge spilled a half-gallon of jet fuel into the channel and caused $630,000 in damage, officials with the National Transportation Safety Board said in a report, released Thursday. In their report, investigators said the pilot â??on the Dixie Vandal told investigators that he believed he had dozed off in the seconds before striking the Trinity and was awakened by the impact.â??
Dug Begley, Houston Chronicle 04/03/2020 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn icon
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Issues

Life-or-Death Hospital Decisions May Come With Lawsuits
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Health care providers may prioritize patients without underlying conditions who are likeliest to make a full recovery, but thereâ??s no national standard for triage. The question of withholding or withdrawing ventilators from the sickest patients is so charged that medical experts have encouraged providers to develop their own guidelines. Like the U.S. pandemic response itself, itâ??s largely a state-by-state and, to some extent, hospital-by-hospital patchwork.
Erik Larson, Bloomberg, Yahoo News 04/03/2020 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Coronavirus Goes to Court
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Workers are suing companies. Businesses are suing insurers. Prison inmates and migrants in detention, abortion providers and gun shop owners are suing federal and state governments. Colleges, cruise lines and even China have been among the targets of lawsuits seeking damages for the COVID-19 calamity.
Richard Wolf, USA Today 04/03/2020 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Residents Report Contaminated Water Near Pipeline Construction
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On Wednesday afternoon, KVUE received reports Blanco County residents' tap water had turned brown in the area of Chimney Valley Road near Highway 165. According to one Facebook post, the brown water appeared to be coming from Spring Branch Well, not far from where Kinder Morgan's controversial Permian Highway Pipeline was being trenched under the Blanco River.
Jeff Bell, Britny Eubank, Luis de Leon, KVUE-TV 04/03/2020 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Centuries-Old Laws May Shield the Cruise Industry
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Experts and fellow attorneys said they face an uphill battle against restrictive terms of service buried in passengersâ?? paperwork and maritime laws that predate the sinking of the Titanic by half a century. Nearly all legal cases are limited to losses related to physical injuries, not emotional or psychological damage. The Death on the High Seas Act, first passed in the 1920s and updated only once since, prevents survivors from suing for their emotional distress or pain and suffering even when a loved one dies on a ship at sea.
Cara Kelly, USA Today 04/03/2020 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Coronavirus: Doctors Want Legal Protections
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State chapters of the powerful American Medical Association and other groups representing healthcare providers have been pressing governors for legal cover for decisions made in crisis-stricken emergency rooms.
Tom Hals, Reuters 04/03/2020 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Laws/Cases

Plaintiffs in Baylor Title IX Lawsuit Can't Seek Punitive Damages
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A federal judge hearing a Title IX lawsuit against Baylor University has ruled that 15 Jane Doe plaintiffs are not entitled to seek punitive damages or changes impacting the schoolâ??s current or future policies concerning Title IX enforcement. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman allows plaintiffs in the four-year-old case to continue to seek claims against Baylor for actual and compensatory damages and other costs, based on their allegations that Baylor acted with deliberate indifference when they sought help after being sexually assaulted by fellow students.
David Barron , Houston Chronicle 04/03/2020 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Products

Questions About Accuracy of Coronavirus Tests
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Health experts say they now believe nearly one in three patients who are infected are nevertheless getting a negative test result. They caution that only limited data is available, and their estimates are based on their own experience in the absence of hard science. Experts believe nearly one in three infected patients are nevertheless getting negative test results.
Christopher Weaver, Wall Street Journal - $$ Subscription Required 04/03/2020 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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