Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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Lawsuit: Prairie View A&M Coach Helped Student Accused of Sexual Assault Flee |
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A Prairie View A&M University coach ’=80=94 asked to help a female athlete who said she'd been sexually assaulted on campus ’=80=94 instead bought the accused male athlete a plane ticket to leave the state before he could be arrested, according to a federal lawsuit. The suit, filed by a student identified only as "Mary Doe," accuses Prairie View A&M of creating a hostile educational environment and violating the federal Title IX law that prohibits gender discrimination in schools and universities.
Lindsay Ellis and Jenny Dial Creech, Houston Chronicle02/13/2018 |
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Texas Man Blames Hospital, Doctors for Injuries Following Brain Surgery |
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A Texas man has filed a lawsuit alleging that he suffered permanent injuries during brain surgery at a Waco hospital. Following a surgery to remove a cyst in his brain, the plaintiff was left with new, permanent injuries, alleges the lawsuit, filed Thursday in Waco’=80=99s 414th State District Court. The plaintiff has filed suit against Dr. Brian J. O’=80=99Grady, Jared Collett, Providence Health Services Waco and BrainLab Inc., alleging that they were responsible for new injuries including "severe internal deviation of the left eye, profound weakness in his left arm and face, severe weakness in both legs, difficulty using his tongue, a speech change and swallowing impairment."
Tommy Witherspoon, Waco Tribune Herald02/09/2018 |
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Bill Paxton's Family Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Hospital, Surgeon |
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The lawsuit alleges that the heart complications that ultimately took Paxton’=80=99s life were a result of negligence by the hospital and the surgeon who operated on him. Paxton died Feb. 25, 2017, just 11 days after having heart surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The hospital “misrepresented and/or concealed information relating to the risks of surgery and care that would be provided and/or failed to adequately explain the proposed treatment or procedure and/or failed to disclose that [surgeon] Ali Khoynezhad was going to use a high-risk and unconventional surgical approach with which he lacked experience and which was … beyond the scope of his privileges,” the lawsuit alleges.
Robert Philpot, Star-Telegram, WFAA.com02/13/2018 |
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New Mexico Court Upholds $165M Ruling in Lawsuit Over Deadly FedEx Crash |
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A New Mexico appeals court has upheld a $165 million ruling in a wrongful death lawsuit against FedEx over a deadly crash that killed three people. The lawsuit was filed by the family of two people who died and a baby who was injured in the crash that took place outside of Las Cruces. When a jury ruled in favor of the family, FedEx filed an appeal, stating that the decision was “tainted by passion, prejudice, partiality, sympathy, undue influence, or a mistaken measure of damages.” However, the New Mexico Court of Appeals on Tuesday denied FedEx's appeal.
Staff Report, Santa Fe New Mexican02/09/2018 |
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