| 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 23 |
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In
today's Brief: CBD is everywhere in Texas, but experts warn consumers to be
careful. Also, the Trump administration has reversed Obama-era cuts to federal
womenâ??s health funding in Texas.
Elvia Limón, Texas Tribune 01/23/2020   
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| Self-Driving
Big-Rigs Headed to TX & NM |
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Waymo is
about to start mapping in Texas and New Mexico as a prelude to testing its
self-driving big-rig trucks. The mapping minivans, to be followed by the large
trucks, will run primarily along Interstates 10, 20 and 45 and through
metropolitan areas like El Paso, Dallas and Houston, the company said.
Chris Woodyard, USA Today 01/23/2020
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| Amtrak
Faces Lawsuit Over Washington Train Derailment |
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Amtrak is
facing a lawsuit over a train derailment that took place in Washington in Dec.
2017. The lawsuit was filed by the engineer of the train at the time of the
accident who says Amtrak failed to properly train him and install safety
measures before the crash. He contends he "suffered physical and emotional
injuries as a result of the derailment." The accident resulted in the deaths
of three passengers and injuries to several others according to the lawsuit
filed Tuesday in Pierce County Superior Court.
Alexis Krell, Tacoma News-Tribune 01/22/2020
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| Michigan
Sues 3M, Dupont and Others Over Contaminated Water Supply |
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The state
of Michigan is filing suit against DuPont, 3M and 15 other defendants for the
alleged contamination of water supplies. According to state officials, the
companies have released PFAS chemicals into the water supply used in
applications including firefighting retardant and Teflon nonstick cookware.
The chemicals have caused a widespread health hazard, as they are known to
last in the human body for decades. The state filed suit in Washtenaw County
Circuit Court.
John Sammon, Legal Newsline 01/18/2020
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| Dallas
School District To Be Sued Over Fatal Shooting at Basketball Game |
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A Dallas
mother plans to file suit against Dallas ISD over the shooting death of her
son at a high school basketball game. The lawsuit alleges the school district
failed to protect the teen and his fellow students from the violence. The
plaintiff's son died a week after he was shot on Jan. 11 by a 5-year-old at
Dallas ISD's Ellis Davis Fieldhouse. The shooter was arrested after turning
himself in to police the following day.
Steve Pickett, CBS DFW 01/22/2020
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