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| The Brief for April 19 |  | In today’s Brief: A local control fight is happening in the courts; some new polling data on the president, the Texas governor and the U.S. Senate race; a Texas railroad commissioner has thoughts on why millennials are shunning oilfield jobs.
Cassi Pollock , Texas Tribune 04/19/2018    | | Read Article: Texas Tribune |
| Cleaned Endoscopes Often Contaminated | | Current guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others allow the reuse of flexible endoscopes after cleaning and high-level disinfection (HLD). But the instruments often remain contaminated and may infect the next patient, researchers say.
Lorraine L. Janeczko, Reuters 04/19/2018 | | Read Article: Reuters |
| West Virginia Opioid Lawsuit Transferred to Federal Court | | An opioid lawsuit filed by several municipalities in West Virginia against 14 pharmacy companies has been moved to federal court. On Monday, attorneys representing the pharmacies filed a notice of removal in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. The defendants' attorneys claimed that the case should be joined with others of its kind as a class action suit in federal court. The lawsuit accusing the companies of negligence, gross negligence and reckless and willful conduct in distributing opioid medications was originally filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court on March 14.
Staff Report, The Charleston Gazette 04/18/2018 | | Read Article: The Charleston Gazette |
| Iowa Teen Dies in Bus Fire, Parents File Suit Against School District | | The parents of an Iowa teen who was killed in a school bus fire have filed suit against the Riverside Community School District. The 16-year-old girl died from smoke and soot inhalation in the fire that took place when the bus became stuck in a ditch. The wrongful death complaint was filed Wednesday in Pottawattamie County District Court and alleges wrongful death, severe emotional distress and negligent hiring, training and supervision of the bus driver. It seeks damages for the loss of the girl's companionship, earnings and services, for funeral expenses and for her pain and suffering as well as her mother's emotional distress.
Stephen Gruber Miller, DesMoines Register 04/18/2018 | | Read Article: DesMoines Register |
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