| TTLA
Annual Nov 6-8: Have you registered? |
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:
|
| 18.001
Is Changing on Sept. 1st. Are You Ready? |
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.
|
Texas
Tribune Daily Brief
|
| |
| The
Brief for August 30 |
 |
In
today's Brief: Gov. Greg Abbott talks about mistakes in two-page fundraising
mailer and EPA plans to roll back Obama-era requirements
Elvia Limón, Texas Tribune 08/30/2019   
|
| Read Article:
Texas Tribune
|
| Former
Fiesta Tortillas Employees File Discrimination Suit |
|
Three
former employees of Ixpalia, Inc. business Fiesta Tortillas seek exemplary
damages in a lawsuit alleging employment, sex and race discrimination against
the company. Mirna Rodriguez, Irene Hernandez, and Perla Hernandez are
foreign-born Hispanic women who each worked for Fiesta Tortillas, a tortilla
and chip factory in south Austin. The plaintiffs allege in their lawsuit that
throughout their employment they were â??subjected to an objectively hostile and
abusive work environment on account of their sex and race, national origin,
and/or alienage.â??
Todd Bailey, KXAN Austin News 08/30/2019
|
| Read Article:
KXAN Austin News
|
| FDA:
Hospitals Should Replace Infection-Prone Scopes With Safer Models |
|
The FDA
said on Thursday that companies that make reusable, snakelike cameras to
examine patients internally should begin making disposable versions, because
the current models cannot be properly sterilized and have spread infections
from one patient to another. Duodenoscopes, which are used in about 500,000
procedures a year in the United States, have been implicated in hospital
outbreaks sickening hundreds of patients.
Roni Caryn Rabin, The New York Times 08/30/2019
|
| Read Article:
The New York Times
|
| Lawsuit:
Motorcyclist Died After Riding Into Cable Strung Across Oregon Road |
|
A $2.3
million lawsuit has been filed over the death of a motorcyclist from Oregon.
The 59-year-old man died after he accidentally rode his motorcycle into a
steel cable strung across the road. The wrongful death suit was filed against
the owners of an Albany area farm who set the cable. According to the
complaint, the defendants failed to post warning signs or barricades which
could have prevented the man from riding into the cable.
Aimee Green, The Oregonian 08/29/2019
|
| Read Article:
The Oregonian
|
|
|
