| Bring
Your Legal Staff to the Houston Car Wrecks CLE |
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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Brief for Jan 21 |
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In
today's Brief: Worshippers worried their church might one day become the
target of a shooting are learning how to take down attackers.
Elvia Limón, Texas Tribune 01/21/2020   
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Editorials/Columns/Letters
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| Los
Angeles Schools Hit by Jet Fuel, Teachers Sue Delta |
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A group
of Los Angeles school teachers have filed suit against Delta Airlines over a
major jet fuel dump that affected three schools. In the recent incident, Delta
Flight No. 89 bound from L.A. International Airport to Shanghai was forced to
make an emergency landing due to a mechanical issue. During the landing, the
jet conducted an emergency dump of fuel which landed directly on Park
Elementary Avenue School in Cudahy and San Gabriel Avenue Elementary and
Tweedy Elementary in South Gate. Doctors treated 31 patients, including
students and teachers, following the incident. The plaintiffs are being
represented by attorney Gloria Allred.
Staff Report, CBS Los Angeles 01/17/2020
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CBS Los Angeles
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| $8
Billion Risperdal Verdict Reduced to $6.8 Million by Judge |
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An $8
billion verdict in a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson involving an
anti-psychotic drug has been reduced to $6.8 million. The lawsuit was filed by
a Maryland man who alleged Johnson & Johnson downplayed the risks associated
with anti-psychotic drug Risperdal. The plaintiff alleged he grew breasts â?? a
condition known as gynecomastia â?? after he began using the drug as a child. On
Friday, Judge Kenneth J. Powell Jr., of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
reduced the punitive damages to $6.8 million.
Katie Thomas, The New York Times 01/17/2020
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The New York Times
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| Royal
Caribbean Says Grandfather to Blame in Toddler's Death in Fall |
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Cruise
line Royal Caribbean is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit over the death of a
toddler who fell from a ship window in Puerto Rico and says the grandfather is
to blame. According to Royal Caribbean, which is facing a wrongful death suit
filed by the child's family, the grandfather was aware the window was open
when he lifted the girl up to it. The family claims that the death was an
accident and that the grandfather did not know the window was open when he
held the girl up and then lost his balance.
Greg Hanlon, Yahoo News 01/17/2020
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Yahoo News
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| Lawsuit
Claims That Alabama Child Killed Herself After School Failed to Address
Bullying |
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Alabama
school officials failed to protect a young girl from racially and gender-based
bullying, according to a lawsuit filed after her death. The 9-year-old girl
died by suicide in December 2018. According to the lawsuit filed in U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of Alabama by her family, the child's
suicide was a result of Demopolis City Schools' indifference to complaints of
her being bullied. The family seeks a jury trial and compensatory and punitive
damages.
Jonece Starr Dunigan, AL.com 01/16/2020
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