| 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 Jan 28 |
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In
today's Brief: Today is the special runoff election for Texas House District
28. Also, Texas State Technical College bought furniture from a store owned by
its CFO and his wife. But an internal audit cleared them of wrongdoing.
Elvia Limón, Texas Tribune 01/28/2020   
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Texas Tribune
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| Catholic
Leaders Promised Transparency |
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Over the
last year and a half, the majority of U.S. dioceses, as well as nearly two
dozen religious orders, have released lists of abusers currently or formerly
in their ranks. But even as bishops have dedicated these lists to abuse
victims and depicted the disclosures as a public acknowledgement of victimsâ??
suffering, it has become clear that numerous alleged abusers have been omitted
and that there is no standard for determining who each diocese considers
credibly accused.
Lexi Churchill, Ellis Simani and Topher Sanders,
ProPublica 01/28/2020
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ProPublica
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| Austin
Motel Failed to Help Woman Assaulted by Three Men, Alleges Lawsuit |
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An Austin
motel is facing a lawsuit filed by a woman who says staff failed to help her
after she was sexually assaulted. The lawsuit alleges a front desk clerk at
Motel 6 failed to respond or call police when the plaintiff told him she was
assaulted by three men in the motel. The complaint also alleges motel
employees deleted or lost video footage of her outside the rooms.
Brad Streicher, KVUE-TV 01/23/2020
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KVUE-TV
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| Lawsuit:
DISD Failures Allowed Man to Pose as Teen |
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The
mother of a 14-year-old Hillcrest High School student who was groped by a
25-year-old man who posed as a teenager so he could enroll in high school is
suing him, the school district and several school officials in federal court.
The lawsuit, filed last month, accuses the school officials of being â??so
driven to have an unstoppable teamâ?? that they â??intentionally ignored all the
red flagsâ?? that would have tipped them off to Gilstrap-Portleyâ??s real
identity.
Dana Branham, The Dallas Morning News 01/28/2020
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The Dallas Morning News
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| Highway
Workers Scrambled to Put up Sign After Fatal Crash |
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A lawsuit
alleges highway construction workers in Texas scrambled to put up required
signage after a 2017 crash that killed a family. According to the lawsuit,
police watched as the workers put up a sign warning drivers about a planned
closing. The lawsuit was filed by the wife of the man who died, along with
their two children. She accuses Webber, a major road builder based in The
Woodlands, of negligence in the crash.
Dug Begley, Houston Chronicle 01/27/2020
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Houston Chronicle
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