Oil Rig and Construction Accident CLE, April 16-17 in San Antonio | New and exciting this year, TTLA's Oil Rig and Construction Accident Seminar is the first course of its kind specifically designed to provide a comprehensive overview into all things oil rig and construction accident related. Construction is back on the rise and Texas leads the nation in oil rig accidents. Click on the headline to learn more and register. |
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Texas Tribune Daily Brief | |
Study: Fracking Operators Ran Up 2.5 Violations a Day | | Oil and gas drillers ran afoul of regulators on average 2.5 times a day in three energy-intensive states for mistakes such as wastewater spills, well leaks or pipeline ruptures during the boom in hydraulic fracturing. Online records in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Colorado showed regulators issued 4,600 citations from 2009 to 2013, the Natural Resources Defense Council said Thursday in a report. The report excluded violations in 33 other states with drilling because such records aren’t available on the Internet. Bloomberg, Houston Chronicle 04/06/2015 | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
Widow of Ref Killed by Player's Punch Files Suit | | The widow of a referee who was killed when a soccer player punched him has filed a lawsuit against the player. The lawsuit was filed in Wayne County Circuit Court and seeks $51 million, $1 million for each year that the woman's husband could have lived. The soccer player, who played in Michigan, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and is serving 8-15 years in prison as part of a plea deal. The player was about to be ejected from the game when he punched the referee, knocking him unconscious. Elisha Anderson, Detroit Free Press 04/03/2015 | Read Article: Detroit Free Press |
Texas Health Resources Says Nina Pham’s lawsuit Should be Dismissed | | Texas Health Resources filed a response Friday that “generally denies the allegations” in nurse Nina Pham’s lawsuit that poor training and preparation caused her to contract Ebola while caring for a patient. The hospital system also denied violating Pham’s privacy after she became a patient. In its five-page response to Pham’s lawsuit, Texas Health Resources also requested that the case be dismissed because the court does not have jurisdiction. Texas Health Resources said that because Pham contracted the disease while working for the hospital as an ICU nurse, her remedy should be a worker’s compensation claim. JENNIFER EMILY, The Dallas Morning News 04/06/2015 | Read Article: The Dallas Morning News |
Maine Co. Ordered to Pay $33.8M to Fort Worth Man | | A Tarrant County jury order a skylight manufacturer, Wasco Products of Wells, Maine to pay Steve Landers $33.8 million. Landers was working on the roof of a Williamson-Dickie building, he was replacing a venting motor on the roof when he squatted to pick up tools, lost his balance and put his hand on the skylight to steady himself. Instead, he fell through. Landers' broken right leg was eventually amputated; his back, some ribs and his left arm were broken; and a lung was punctured. DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR, Star Telegram 04/06/2015 | Read Article: Star Telegram |
Jury Awards $17.8M in Malpractice Verdict Against Children's Hospital | | An Arapahoe County jury has awarded a $17.8 million malpractice verdict against Children's Hospital Colorado after finding the hospital's staff responsible for giving the wrong dose of medication to a 4-day-old girl. In February 2008, Naomi Pressey was scheduled for surgery to repair a common congenital heart defect. However, the girl went into cardiac arrest on the operating table and doctors were unable to resuscitate her for 33 minutes. Naomi, now 7, suffers from significant intellectual disability, cognitive impairment and motor skill impairment, the law firm said. She will require a lifetime of around-the-clock medical care. Noelle Phillips, Denver Post 04/06/2015 | Read Article: Denver Post |
Quebec Oil Train Disaster Settlement for Victims’ Families | | The law firm representing the families of 47 people killed in the 2013 Quebec train crash says it has received a financial proposal that would see them split US$61M in compensation. Much of downtown Lac Megantic was destroyed by a raging fire after an unattended Montreal, Maine & Atlantic train with 72 oil tankers derailed in the middle of the night. Associated Press, Houston Chronicle 04/06/2015 | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
U.S. Regulators to Reopen Probe of Ford Sedan Lighting Failures | | The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it will reopen an investigation in which it previously decided not to recall more than half a million Ford Motor Co. cars with possibly defective lighting controls. The new investigation was opened April 1 and covers 517,945 cars. The lighting incidents have prompted 604 consumer complaints through April 1, including seven reports of vehicle crashes relating to the failure of the front lighting control module, according to the consumers council. Susanne Walker, Bloomberg 04/06/2015 | Read Article: Bloomberg |
Listeria Fear Spreads as Blue Bell Closes OK Plant | | U.S. health officials have warned consumers against eating any products from a Blue Bell Creameries' Oklahoma ice cream plant, which has temporarily closed because of possible Listeriosis contamination. Earlier this month, Kansas health officials said three people died between January 2014 and January 2015 after being sickened by Listeriosis at a hospital where Blue Bell products were served. They were in the hospital for other reasons. Blue Bell is voluntarily suspending operations at its plant in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, the company said in a statement. Jim Forsyth, Reuters, Yahoo News 04/06/2015 | Read Article: Yahoo News |
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