TTLA Car Wrecks Seminar | Check out our upcoming TTLA Car Wrecks Seminar dates and locations. Click on the headline to learn more and register. | Texas Tribune Daily Brief | | Amtrak Begins Settling Pennsylvania Derailment Lawsuits | | Amtrak has begun settling lawsuits over a deadly derailment that took place in Pennsylvania last year. The crash resulted in the deaths of eight people and injuries to 200. There were 243 people on board when the train entered a curve at over twice the recommended speed and derailed. Court filings and attorneys for passengers report that the transportation company has begun settling the dozens of lawsuits filed over last year's crash. So far, two of the lawsuits against Amtrak have been settled. Laila Kearney, Reuters 08/10/2016 | Read Article: Reuters | Lawsuit Against Twitter Over Islamic State Rhetoric Dismissed | | A lawsuit against Twitter alleging that it gave a voice to the Islamic State has been dismissed by a federal judge. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick in San Francisco ruled that the social media company could not be held responsible for the rhetoric of the Islamic State. The lawsuit was filed by the widow of an American killed in Jordan who alleged that Twitter "knowingly let the militant Islamist group use its network to spread propaganda, raise money and attract recruits." In his ruling, Judge Orrick gave the plaintiff an opportunity to file an amended complaint. Dan Levine, Reuters 08/10/2016 | Read Article: Reuters | Family of Suicidal Woman Sues Hospital for Refusing Treatment | | The family of a woman who threw herself off of a parking garage at the Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center in Oregon has filed a lawsuit on her behalf. The lawsuit alleges that the 36-year-old woman waited all night at the emergency room hoping for mental health treatment. Ultimately, the hospital refused to admit her and she was escorted off the property, where she proceeded to jump off the third floor of a parking garage. The lawsuit, filed this week in Multnomah County Circuit Court, alleges that the woman sustained permanent brain damage in the incident leaving her with severe memory loss. Aimee Green, The Oregonian 08/11/2016 | Read Article: The Oregonian | $12.7M Verdict Reversed In Dispute Over Oil Well Blowout | | A $12.7 million trial-court victory for Comstock Oil against an industrial equipment supplier over an oil well blowout was reversed by a Texas appeals court Thursday, which agreed with the supplier's challenge that a new trial is needed because the jury wasn't asked to decide if faulty repairs to the well by its owner, Comstock, contributed to its eventual shutdown. Michelle Casady, Law360.com 08/12/2016 | Read Article: Law360.com | Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over John Hopkins University's Retirement Plan | | A class action lawsuit has been filed over John Hopkins University's $4.3 billion retirement plan. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 24,000 faculty members and related staffers who allege they are being charged excessive fees and offered poorly performing funds. The lawsuit was filed by St. Louis-based firm Schlichter, Bogard & Denton, who have a history of pushing large corporations and nonprofits to offer better retirement plans. This week, the same firm has filed similar lawsuits against Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, Yale University, Duke University and Vanderbilt University and three other universities. Carrie Wells, Baltimore Sun 08/11/2016 | Read Article: Baltimore Sun | | |