TTLALogo.png?date=12-17-2013

Texas Trial Lawyers Association


This service sponsored exclusively by The James Street Group

December 17, 2013

Like TTLA on FacebookFollow TTLA on Twitter


The Plaintiff's Resource

Upcoming Online CLE

17
Dec

CMS Jumps Into the Liability Arena: Addressing Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance in Liability Settlements

18
Dec

Broker Busting "B.A.S.I.C.'s"

19
Dec

Hot Tips on Maximizing Settlements

Laws/Cases


MN City to Pay $125K in Bike Accident Lawsuit

spacer image

The city of Duluth, Minnesota has agreed to pay $125,000 to settle a lawsuit over a 25-year-old woman's bike accident four years ago. The woman was thrown from her bike when she hit a manhole which city workers did not level properly. The woman was riding her bike at night without the use of a light. According to the settlement, "the payment is not to be construed as an admission of liability on the part of the city of Duluth, its agents or employees."
Peter Passi, Duluth News Tribune 12/17/2013 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

Read Article: Duluth News Tribune

Electric Co. Employee Awarded Over $1M in Lawsuit

spacer image

A former employee of PG&E, a gas and electric company, has been awarded more than $1 million in a wrongful termination lawsuit. The plaintiff alleges he was fired after reporting a serious safety violation in which his crew worked on an electrical pole without turning off the power, which could have caused an explosion. The plaintiff was awarded $595,615 for lost wages and benefits and $500,000 for emotional distress.
Stephen Baxter, San Jose Mercury News 12/16/2013 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

Read Article: San Jose Mercury News

Companies Ordered to Remove Lead Paint from Homes

spacer image

Three companies have been ordered by a California judge to pay $1.1 billion to remove lead-based paint from homes inside Los Angeles County. The three companies sold the paint to consumers before it was banned in 1978, and the lawsuit alleged the companies are liable for exposing consumers to a known poison. Ten California cities and counties filed the lawsuit which went to trial in July. There are nearly 5 million, mostly low-income homes which could be affected by the poisonous paint.
Tony Barboza, LA Times 12/16/2013 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

Read Article: LA Times

Products


Multivitamins Found to Have Little Benefit

spacer image

Multivitamins offer almost no benefit in preventing chronic disease "and they should be avoided," experts said Monday in a medical-journal editorial accompanying the publication of two new clinical trials. The rigorously conducted studies, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, showed multivitamins had no effect on cognitive function or cardiovascular health. They are the latest in a series of reports—including a review last month of 26 vitamin studies—indicating that supplements have little health benefits in generally well-nourished, Western populations.
Jeanne Whalen , WSJ Blogs 12/17/2013 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

Read Article: WSJ Blogs

Issues


Dangerous MRSA Bacteria Expand Into Communities

spacer image

A USA TODAY examination finds that MRSA infections, particularly outside of health care facilities, are much more common than government statistics suggest. They sicken hundreds of thousands of Americans each year in various ways, from minor skin boils to deadly pneumonia, claiming upward of 20,000 lives. The inability to detect or track cases is confounding efforts by public health officials to develop prevention strategies and keep the bacteria from threatening vast new swaths of the population.
Peter Eisler, USA Today 12/17/2013 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

Read Article: USA Today


Like TTLA on FacebookFollow TTLA on Twitter
YOU RECEIVED THIS EMAIL BECAUSE YOU ARE SUBSCRIBED TO THIS SERVICE FROM THE TEXAS TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION.
UNSUBSCRIBE FROM ECLIPS

PUBLISHED BY TRIALSMITH, LITIGATION TOOLS FOR TRIAL LAWYERS
5113 SOUTHWEST PARKWAY, SUITE 285 AUSTIN, TX 78735
800-443-1757


1.gif