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| Valley Residents Have Been Eating Toxic Fish for Decades |  | For 23 years, federal environmental regulators and state health officials have known the fish in the Donna Reservoir and Canal System pose major health risks to those who consume them. The lakes have been granted Superfund status â?? a designation given to the countryâ??s most hazardous sites â?? as officials try to figure out how to clean them up. Though the Donna system supplies drinking water for two nearby small cities, environmental researchers have found the water itself to be safe. The problem is the fish, which are somehow ingesting cancer-causing chemicals and retaining them in their fat tissue. For decades, officials have been stumped over the source of the chemicals.
Alexa Ura, Texas Tribune 04/25/2016    | | Read Article: Texas Tribune |
| L.A. Hospital Settles "Patient Dumping" Lawsuit for $450K | | The Good Samaritan Hospital of Los Angeles is scheduled to pay a $450,000 settlement in a lawsuit alleging that it discharged and dumped a homeless patient. The lawsuit alleges that in December 2014, the hospital discharged the plaintiff "without obtaining the personâ??s consent to be transported somewhere other than a residence." The patient was dropped off in Echo Park after being discharged from the hospital. Because hospital staff did not provide a discharge plan, the patient was put in an environment which endangered his health, the lawsuit alleges. California law dictates that physicians must have a discharge plan for their patients.
Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Daily News 04/21/2016 | | Read Article: Los Angeles Daily News |
| Cleveland to Pay $6M to Family of Tamir Rice | | The city of Cleveland has agreed to pay $6 million to the family of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black youth fatally shot by a white police officer in 2014. An order filed in federal court in Cleveland said the city will pay the family $3 million this year and another $3 million in 2017.
WKYC, USA Today 04/25/2016 | | Read Article: USA Today |
| Chart: The 2015 Top Verdicts | | METHODOLOGY: The Top 100 Verdicts report is compiled by NLJ affiliate VerdictSearch, which strives to report as many jury verdicts, decisions and settlements as possible. Although a great many cases are submitted by attorneys, the publication also relies on assignment editors who scour docket lists, cultivate relationships with law firms and search the Internet and news sources, including ALM Media LLC's family of legal publications.
Staff, The National Law Journal - $$ Subscription Required 04/25/2016 | | Read Article: The National Law Journal - $$ Subscription Required($) |
| Motor Vehicle Case Scores Top Verdict in 2015 | | | Among top verdicts in 2015, those involving motor vehicle accidents nearly doubled in number compared with 2014. The 14 motor vehicle awards in the top 100 verdicts totaled $1.41 billion, up from $330 million in 2014. They included the No. 1 verdict on The National Law Journal affiliate VerdictSearch's Top 100 Verdicts report. That $844.6 million award went to the widow and son of a man killed on a Florida highway by a drunk driver.
Amanda Bronstad, The National Law Journal - $$ Subscription Required 04/25/2016
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| RJ Reynolds Hit With $13M Verdict In Smoker Death Trial | | A Florida jury on Friday awarded $13 million against R.J. Reynolds to the children of a heavy smoker who died of lung disease, saying the tobacco company hid the dangers of cigarettes from her until she was hopelessly addicted. The case against R.J. Reynolds centered on the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease death of smoker Virginia Wilkinson. The verdict included $10 million in punitive damages awarded Friday morning, and $3 million in compensatory damages awarded a day earlier.
Brandon Lowrey, Law360.com 04/25/2016 | | Read Article: Law360.com |
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