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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| $100M Settlement Reached in Helicopter Crash Lawsuit |
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A $100 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over a man's critical injuries during a helicopter crash in 2015. The lawsuit was filed against Airbus Helicopters and Colorado-based Air Methods on behalf of the man who was seriously injured in the fiery crash. The settlement was reached just over a month before a trial was to begin in Colorado. In addition to covering medical costs related to the crash, the plaintiff and his wife say they will be using the money from the settlement to raise the issue of helicopter safety on a national level.
Chris Vanderveen, 9NEWS - Colorado02/01/2018    |
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| TCU Facing Lawsuit Alleging Injured Football Player was Forced Back on Field |
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A former football player at Texas Christian University has filed a lawsuit alleging a pattern of abuse and harassment in the school's football program. The lawsuit was filed in Dallas County civil court against TCU coach Gary Patterson, the university and the Big 12 Conference. As stated in the lawsuit, coaches “continually harassed, humiliated, pressured and threatened” the plaintiff after his injury diagnosis in an effort to “force [him] to return to play quickly.” The complaint seeks damages in excess of $1 million.
Stefan Stevenson, Ft. Worth Star Telegram02/01/2018 |
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| Morgan Stanley Remains Guilty of Racial Bias, Says Lawsuit |
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Morgan Stanley is facing a lawsuit by a former broker accusing it of racial bias. According to the lawsuit, Morgan Stanley did not fulfill its promise to stop biased practices at the company. The plaintiff, a black former employee, says that he was fired after complaining about racial bias in the work place, including in pay and career opportunities. His lawsuit says Morgan Stanley has “no intent to abide by the spirit” of a 2007 agreement to pay $16 million and reform its practices. The complaint was filed on Thursday in Manhattan federal court.
Jonathan Stempel, Reuters02/01/2018 |
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| J&J Baby Powder Contained Asbestos, Expert Tells Jury |
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An asbestos laboratory founder told New Jersey jurors Wednesday that multiple studies have found asbestos in Johnson & Johnson talcum powder products, during a trial over the mesothelioma a man allegedly developed as a result of his decadeslong use of them.
Daniel Siegal, Law360 ($)02/02/2018 |
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| 5th Circ. Won’t Interfere With Opioid Probe Into Texas Doc |
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The Fifth Circuit has rejected a doctor’s attempt to block disciplinary proceedings against him for allegedly overprescribing opioids, ruling Wednesday that he failed to establish bad faith on his interrogators' part, as is required for federal courts to intervene in state civil or criminal prosecutions. A three-judge panel also rejected Arnold J. Morris’ argument that it was improper for two different federal magistrates to decide two separate motions he filed in the case.
John Petrick, Law360 ($)02/02/2018 |
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| ETMC Negotiates $9M Settlement |
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An East Texas man will receive $9 million after reaching an agreement with a Tyler hospital in a negligence lawsuit. A jury this week awarded the man $43 million as the result of a lawsuit against East Texas Medical Center and physicians Dr. Gary Boyd, Dr. David Lundy and Dr. Elias I. Fanous Jr. Billy Pierce, who was 62 at the time of the incident, was in an induced coma for more than a month and allegedly abandoned by Dr. Boyd and the hospital, according to Pierce's attorney.
KLTV News Staff, KLTV02/02/2018 |
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| Firefighter Haunted by 12 Deaths at Florida Nursing Home |
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A paramedic testified that he is haunted by the deaths of 12 patients who died of heat exposure at a Florida nursing home that lost its air conditioning due to a power outage during Hurricane Irma. Craig Wohlitka and two colleagues from Hollywood Fire-Rescue testified they responded to the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills four times on Sept. 12 and 13 and that the home felt warmer and the home’s 150 patients in worse shape each visit. On the final visit, the head nurse was performing CPR on a dead man. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that he and his colleagues testified at a hearing in which the nursing home is challenging the state’s move to revoke its license. A transformer connecting the main air-conditioning unit to the power grid had been knocked out as Irma blew through Florida on Sept. 10.
Associated Press, LA Times 02/02/2018 |
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| Director of Veterans Hospital Accused of Manipulating Ratings Is Replaced |
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The Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Thursday it would replace the director of its medical center in Roseburg, Ore., Douglas Paxton. He had come under fire in recent weeks for limiting the number of patients the center admitted in an effort to improve its dismal performance rating, according to doctors at the hospital. he Roseburg Veterans Administration Medical Center, a rural hospital that for years had ranked near the bottom of the veteran health care system, saw its rating rapidly improve under Mr. Paxton. But doctors said that improvement — in a rating system measured on a scale of one to five stars — was driven largely by strategic tweaks to health care practices to boost performance measures, even when they left veterans worse off.
DAVE PHILIPPS, The New York Times02/02/2018 |
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