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| Is the Eagle Ford Oil Boom Making People Sick? | | | A well blowout in the Eagle Ford Shale leads family to question life in the oil patch. Article chronicles the health problems of the Lara family who live in Karnes County next to a plant that processes around 9,000 barrels of oil per day and may release each hour, according to its permit application, as much as 183 pounds of volatile organic compounds.
Jennifer Hiller, San Antonio Express News 08/08/2016   
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| Jury Trials Vanish, and Justice Is Served Behind Closed Doors |  | The national decline in trials, both criminal and civil, has been noted in law journal articles, bar association studies and judicial opinions. But recently, in the two federal courthouses in Manhattan and a third in White Plains (known collectively as the Southern District of New York), the vanishing of criminal jury trials has never seemed so pronounced.
BENJAMIN WEISER, The New York Times 08/08/2016 | | Read Article: The New York Times |
| Six Flags Sued Over New Jersey Water Slide Injury | | A woman from Brooklyn, New York, has filed a lawsuit against the Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park over an injury she suffered on a water slide. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff broke her ankle when she was slammed into the side of the King Cobra Water Slide at the New Jersey park. The incident took place last August when the 20-year-old plaintiff and her boyfriend rode a double tube on the water slide, exceeding the weight limit for the ride. The plaintiff alleges that staffers on the ride should have stopped her from going down the slide on the wrong tube. The plaintiff's boyfriend was not injured in the incident.
John Marzulli, New York Daily News 08/02/2016 | | Read Article: New York Daily News |
| Family of Muslim Teen Arrested Over Clock Files Lawsuit | | A lawsuit was filed Monday on behalf of Ahmed Mohamed. The teen was arrested at his Dallas high school in September and charged with having a hoax bomb. He says he brought the homemade clock to school to show his teacher. The charge was later dropped, but he was still suspended. The lawsuit names Irving Independent School District, the city of Irving and the school's principal.
News Service , Chicago Tribune 08/08/2016 | | Read Article: Chicago Tribune |
| Driverless Cars Will Fuel Surge In Product Liability Coverage | | As advances in autonomous car technology further remove humans from the equation, liability for accidents will shift away from drivers and toward the manufacturers of driverless vehicles and their hardware and software systems, a trend that experts say will lead to a surge in demand for product liability insurance.
Jeff Sistrunk, Law360.com 08/08/2016 | | Read Article: Law360.com |
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