| TTLA STATEWIDE PAC DRIVES: All IN TO WIN |
In order to WIN in 2018, we need EVERY TTLA member to support the TTLA PAC. So, we are holding a series of “ALL IN TO WIN” PAC Fundraising Drives. We’ll be calling every TTLA member to ask them to contribute at least $7 a month to the PAC. Please join us on one (or more!) of these days to get every TTLA member engaged in our political efforts. Volunteers are the key to our success, and all you have to do is choose a day, RSVP and then SHOW UP. We will give you all the tools you need to be successful. Click on the headline to RSVP!
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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| After ‘Me Too,’ Women Want Justice. Lawyers Have Bad News for Them. |
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Despite the torrent of attention being paid to sexual harassment and discrimination, the legal system in place to respond to related claims has not changed. Many have been inspired to seek legal action only to learn that it’s probably too late to file a lawsuit. Others are coming to attorneys seeking the swift consequences being dealt out to men in the public eye, and they are learning instead that in most cases, speaking up is just the first step in a difficult process that can last months or years — with no guarantee of a resolution.
Jessica Contrera, The Washington Post02/05/2018    |
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| Houston’s Wright Containers Hit with Felony Charges for Alleged Dumping of Toxic Chemicals |
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Wright Containers a Houston chemical container company and two of its principals face felony environmental charges after using a hidden storm drain to dump benzene and other highly toxic liquids into waterways near homes and schools over a period of at least months, injuring their employees in the process, prosecutors said Friday. The indictments by a Harris County grand jury are rare. Though unpermitted hazardous materials facilities have been allowed to flourish in the city's unzoned sprawl, catching chemical waste dumpers — or merely getting an inventory of all the haz-mat sites around town — has proven difficult for the Houston Fire Department. Prosecutors said they want this case to institute a new era of accountability for environmental crimes, relying on new lines of communication with the community to ferret out wrongdoers.
Mark Collette and Brian Rogers, Houston Chronicle 02/05/2018
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| Texas Justices Say Expert Report OK In Eye Damage Suit |
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The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that a medical malpractice expert report that had been previously ruled deficient, dooming a suit over a botched eye surgery, was good enough because it made a good-faith effort to both lay out the patient’s case and prove to the court that the claims had merit. The divided ruling allows Barbara Baty to move forward with her suit against certified registered nurse anesthetist Olga Futrelle, who Baty accused of damaging her optic nerve when administering anesthesia before an eye surgery.
Emma Cueto, Law360 ($)02/05/2018 |
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