Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| Texas Justices Say Payday Lender Can Arbitrate Claims |
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The Texas Supreme Court affirmed on Friday a ruling that found borrowers must arbitrate class claims alleging Cash Biz LP wrongfully used the criminal justice system to collect unpaid loans, finding the payday lender hadn’t waived arbitration by “substantially invoking the judicial process” in filing criminal complaints. The justices unanimously found the borrowers, who face criminal charges for allegedly writing bad checks, must arbitrate their malicious prosecution lawsuit against the short-term loan lender.
Dorothy Atkins, Law360 ($)02/26/2018    |
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| Doc Asks Texas Justices To Review Med Board Subpoenas |
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A Texas doctor who is facing an investigation into his care of three patients has asked the state Supreme Court to hear his constitutional challenge to billing record subpoenas issued by the state medical board. In a Tuesday petition, physician George Allibone told the Texas high court that not only were the lower courts wrong to find the subpoenas were valid and reasonable in scope under the Fourth Amendment, but that they owed him an explanation.
John Petrick, Law360 ($)02/26/2018 |
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| Texas Justices Pass On Hospital's Expert Report Row |
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The Texas Supreme Court on Friday denied a request from Methodist Richardson Medical Center to intervene in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the widow of a former patient, leaving in place a lower court's ruling granting the widow an extension to fix deficiencies in an expert report submitted in support of her claims.
Michelle Casady, Law360 ($) 02/26/2018
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| Utah Couple Files Suit Over Daughter's Window Blind Cord Entanglement Death |
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A Utah couple has filed a lawsuit against a window blind company over the death of their 3-year-old daughter. The lawsuit was filed last Thursday in 3rd District Court by the couple whose daughter died after becoming tangled in the cord. The incident occurred on Nov. 22, 2016, and the child was taken to Primary Children's Hospital where she died of her injuries a week later. Named as defendants in the lawsuit are Blindvision, Century Blinds, Hunter Douglas, Hunter Douglas Fabrication Co. and Turnils North America.
Annie Knox, The Deseret News02/23/2018 |
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