| TTLA
Car Wrecks Seminar (Houston): Have You Registered? |
Legal
Staff/Paralegals/Law Clerks are welcome to attend with a registered TTLA
attorney member. AND, is open to non-TTLA members who qualify for membership.
Houston Car Wrecks Seminar, Thursday, February 6, South Texas College of Law.
This daylong seminar includes nuts-and-bolts presentations that take you from
client intake all the way through trial. Come away with the tools you need to
compete in the courtroom. Click on the headline to learn more and register.
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Texas
Tribune Daily Brief
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| The
Brief for Feb 4 |
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In
today's Brief: Homeless Austin residents say life at a temporary shelter
opened by Gov. Greg Abbott in November is an improvement, but it remains an
incomplete solution. Also, the State of the Union is tonight.
Elvia Limón, Texas Tribune 02/04/2020   
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Texas Tribune
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| Abusing
Pets and Drugs |
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Doctors
who harm their patients face costly lawsuits and other serious consequences.
There is much less accountability for veterinarians, as devastated pet owners
in Oregon learned.
Mike Baker, The New York Times 02/04/2020
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The New York Times
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| New
Mexico Lawmakers Join Suit Against Air Force Over Leaked Jet Fuel |
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New
Mexico lawmakers have joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Air Force over the
handling of millions of gallons of leaked jet fuel from Kirtland Air Force
Base. State senators Mimi Stewart and Antoinette Lopez are among the lawmakers
filing suit against the Air Force. The lawsuit filed on Monday alleges the Air
Force is not doing enough to clean up the leaked jet fuel, which can pose
serious health risks like contaminated drinking water. The lawsuit seeks to
impose a deadline for the Air Force to clean up the leaked fuel.
Annalisa Pardo, KRQE News 13 02/03/2020
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KRQE News 13
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| Walgreens
to Pay $7.5M Over Fake Pharmacist |
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Walgreens
will pay $7.5 million to settle with California authorities after an employee
was criminally charged with impersonating a pharmacist and illegally filling
more than 745,000 prescriptions in the San Francisco Bay Area. The
prescriptions allegedly included more than 100,000 for opioids such as
fentanyl, morphine and codeine.
ASSOCIATED PRESS, Fortune 02/04/2020
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Fortune
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| Toxic
Torts: 'Forever Chemicals' |
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Several
cases moving through the courts involve so-called â??forever chemicals,â?? which
do not biodegrade in the ground or in the human body. Lawyers expect more
cases to come.
Amanda Bronstad, Law.com 02/04/2020
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Law.com
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| Sunbeam
Products Facing Lawsuit Over Woman's Pressure Cooker Injuries |
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A lawsuit
has been filed against Sunbeam Products, Inc. and Newell Brands, Inc. on
behalf of a woman injured by an exploding Crock Pot Electric Pressure Cooker.
The complaint was filed on January 31 in the Circuit Court in and for Palm
Beach County, Florida. The woman alleges she was using the pressure cooker
according to its instructions when it suddenly and without warning exploded
boiling hot contents on her, causing severe injuries. The lawsuit contends the
device's safety features failed to work properly.
Staff Report, Yahoo News 02/03/2020
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Yahoo News
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| FDA
Holds Public Meeting on Asbestos Testing in Talc |
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U.S. Food
and Drug Administration examined asbestos testing for talc powders and
cosmetics at a hearing on Tuesday, after traces of the known carcinogen were
found in several such products, including Johnson & Johnsonâ??s Baby
Powder.
Chad Terhune, Lisa Girion, Reuters 02/04/2020
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Reuters
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| Rutgers
University & Fraternity Sued by Mother of Student Killed by Train |
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The
mother of a Rutgers University student who was killed by a train after a
fraternity party has filed suit. The university, its police department, and
the fraternity are named as defendants in the wrongful death lawsuit filed on
Dec. 6 in Middlesex County Superior Court. Among other allegations, the
lawsuit claims the university and police department "knew or should have known
about the unsanctioned fraternity event and service on intoxicating alcohol to
underage persons."
Bob Makin, USA Today 02/03/2020
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USA Today
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