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  February 6, 2013

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2013 TTLA Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Seminar, April 25-26

TTLA is proud to present its first-ever seminar dedicated solely to Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation. Join highly experienced and successful mass tort lawyers, including many who serve in leadership roles on plaintiff steering committees, as they discuss the hottest topics in this dynamic and ever-changing area of law. TTLA legends and panels of Texas plaintiff attorneys will gather in Houston to discuss and debate a wide-range of mass tort topics, from marketing and pre-litigation to voir dire and trial. So join us in Houston on April 25-26, 2013 to learn from some of the best Pharmaceutical and Medical Device lawyers in the country. Click on the headline to learn more.  

 

Laws/Cases


 

 

Final Count Dropped in Mike Leach Lawsuit

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The final remaining count in the lawsuit filed by former Texas Tech University head coach Mike Leach has been dismissed by a Lubbock judge. The judge ruled that school officials didn't violate the former coach's due processes rights when they fired him in 2009. Attorneys for Leach say he is considering various options as his next step, including possibly filing a court appeal.
Wire Report, USA Today 02/05/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Man Having Seizure Wrongfully Arrested, Suit Says

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An Indianapolis man has filed a lawsuit against two local police officers and the city after he was beaten and arrested by police while having an epileptic seizure. Officers, who accused him of being drunk and on drugs, shocked him with stun gun, hit him in the head and handcuffed him. Charges were finally dropped 22 months after the initial incident.
Alex Campbell, Indianapolis Star 02/05/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Suit Wants Interest on Late USPS Payments

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A lawsuit has been filed against the U.S. Postal Service seeking interest payments on death benefits that were withheld from people for decades. According to the suit, the benefits the Postal Service pays to beneficiaries have been paid late, in many cases 25 years late. The suit says there may be as many as 1,600 people who are also owed back payments from the Post Office.
Joe Davidson, The Washington Post 02/05/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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TX Supreme Court Tosses $200,000 Award in Suicide

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The Texas Supreme Court on Friday tossed out a $200,000 medical malpractice award for the family of a South Texas woman who committed suicide three days after a psychiatrist declined to order her to be hospitalized for psychiatric care. Overruling the trial jury and an appeals court that found the psychiatrist negligent in the 2003 death of Beverly Goss, a unanimous Supreme Court said her family failed to prove that involuntary hospitalization would have saved her life. “Evidence that Goss’s depression was to some degree treatable or that … Goss would not have been able to shoot herself while hospitalized is not evidence that hospitalization would have made her suicide unlikely,” the court said in an unsigned opinion.
Chuck Lindell, Austin American Statesman 02/06/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Issues


 

 

Preschool Closes over Sex Allegations, Suit Coming

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A preschool in California has been forced to close its doors amidst allegations that some of the students were involved in sexual activity. An attorney representing four alleged victims says he will file a lawsuit against the school, one of the teachers and one of the students who allegedly forced the activities to occur. The attorney says teachers and aides at the school would fall asleep during nap time, and that some of the children would molest their classmates.
Staff Report, United Press International 02/03/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Wrongful Death


 

 

Suit Filed over Kayaking Death of Gonzaga Student

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A lawsuit has been filed against Gonzaga University and the city of Spokane, Wash., over the death of a student on a kayak trip last April. The boy died from hypothermia after his kayak tipped over in the "frigid waters" of Rock Lake. The suit claims members of the city parks department and the university should have known the water temperatures and windy weather conditions made it dangerous to kayak on the lake, and should have done more to get the victim to a hospital immediately after falling into the water.
Jonathan Brunt , The Spokesman-Review 02/06/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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