| TTLA
Annual: Registration is Open! |
Registration is
open for 2O19 TTLA Annual Meeting & CLE Seminar! We will be celebrating TTLA's
7Oth Anniversary at the historic Fort Worth hotel where TTLA's founders first
met. Click on the headline to learn more & register:
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| Available
on Demand: Changes to 18.001 Affidavits & Hospital Liens - What the
Legislature Did and How to Adapt |
During
the recent legislative session, lawmakers made significant changes to the laws
regarding 18.001 affidavits and hospital liens. During this webinar:
- TTLA President Will Adams will discuss the legislative session. - TTLA
members Judy Kostura and Guy Choate will walk you through the changes made by
HB 1693 (18.001 affidavits) and HB 2929 (hospital liens) and theyâ??ll give you
tips and strategies to help you adapt your practice to them. As part of your
registration, youâ??ll receive a fully updated copy of Judy Kosturaâ??s definitive
paper on subrogation and liens. Click on the headline to register.
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Texas
Tribune Daily Brief
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Brief for August 13 |
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In
today's Brief: Introducing our New Texas Laws 2019 series, which looks at a
few of the hundreds of new state laws that will soon impact the lives of
Texans.
Cassi Pollock, Texas Tribune 08/13/2019   
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| First
Lawsuit Over Legionnaires' Outbreak at Atlanta Sheraton Filed |
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The first
lawsuit has been filed over a Legionnaires' outbreak at a hotel in Atlanta.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a man who became ill during the
Legionnaires' disease outbreak at the Sheraton Atlanta hotel. The lawsuit
names the Sheraton Atlanta, its ownership and management group, among other
defendants. Attorneys for the man say they are representing over 40 victims
who were affected by the outbreak.
Michael King, 11 Alive Atlanta 08/12/2019
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11 Alive Atlanta
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| Cincinnati
Family Sues City After Son's 911 Calls Failed to Save Him |
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Kyle
Plush died April 10, 2018, after becoming trapped in the Honda Odyssey he
drove to school that day. The third-row seat collapsed on him, pinning him
between the seat and minivan floor. His pleas for help, made in two 911 calls
via voice activation on his cellphone, went unanswered. Plush's parents filed
a wrongful death lawsuit Monday against Cincinnati â?? to find out what went
wrong and make sure what happened to them never happens to another family. The
family seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages and
court-supervised reforms of the 911 system.
Sharon Coolidge Cincinnati Enquirer, USA Today 08/13/2019
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USA Today
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| Judge
Approves Settlement in Concussion Lawsuit Against NCAA |
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A federal
judge has approved an amended settlement in a class-action concussion lawsuit
against the NCAA that will establish a 50-year medical-monitoring program for
college athletes. The case originated with a claim against the NCAA in 2011 by
former Eastern Illinois football player Adrian Arrington. The case was later
consolidated with other claims. Initially, a settlement was reached in 2016.
It created $70-million fund for monitoring of current and former college
athletes for brain trauma.
ASSOCIATED PRESS, The State 08/13/2019
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The State
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| Police
Lawsuit: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning from Ford Explorers |
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Six
Washington state troopers have sued Ford, claiming their patrol vehicles made
them sick from carbon monoxide poisoning. The officers blame a design flaw in
2014-17 Explorer SUVs modified for police duty. The troopers allege their
department-issued vehicles have a faulty exhaust and/or heating, ventilation
and air conditioning system that allow "exhaust odor and gases, including
carbon monoxide â?? an odorless, toxic gas, to enter the passenger compartment
of the vehicles while in use." As a result, the lawsuit filed in Clark County
Superior Court said, the vehicles cause headaches, dizziness, nausea and
potentially life-threatening situations.
Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, USA Today 08/13/2019
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USA Today
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| Alarms
in ERs Can Desensitize Staff |
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In ERs
across the US there is the regular din of beeping alarms going off from
machines connected to patients. But a new study found only a tiny fraction of
the alarms signals a condition important enough to require a change in the
patientâ??s care. That creates a problem: the nearly constant din tends to
desensitize hospital staff to the sounds, dubbed â??alarm fatigue,â?? which can
result in real emergencies being missed, researchers warn in The American
Journal of Emergency Medicine.
Linda Carroll, Reuters 08/13/2019
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| Lawsuit
Filed After Boy's Death on Indiana Beach Roller Coaster |
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The
parents of a boy who died on a roller coaster at an amusement park in
Monticello, Indiana have filed a wrongful death suit. The 12-year-old boy
suffered a medical emergency on the ride and died the afternoon of June 27.
The lawsuit was filed against Indiana Beach, the park along Monticelloâ??s Lake
Shafer. An autopsy â??revealed no trauma, injury, congenital abnormalities or
toxinsâ?? and officials are uncertain of the boy's cause of death.
Dave Bangert, Journal & Courier Online 08/07/2019
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