| TTLA Pioneers: Joe Tonahill |
In the ninth installment of the TTLA Pioneers series, we share two videos chronicling the life of TTLA founding member and Past President Joe Tonahill. A BIG thank you to Willie Chapman for his continuing efforts to chronicle and archive the history of the TTLA. Click on the headline to learn more.
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| Some Uber Drivers Work Dangerously Long Shifts |
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For some Uber drivers, long shifts have become the norm. Dropping fares and profitable incentives lure them to keep driving past safe limits. Because the ride-hailing service doesn't set a cap on how many hours its drivers can work at a time, there are few legal ways to stop them. By contrast, rival Lyft shuts off its app, which drivers need to find customers, after 14 hours at a time and doesn't let drivers back on for six hours to let them rest. As a result, the potential danger for Uber passengers and drivers alike continues to grow, even as efforts to limit driving hours spring up across the country.
Diana Kruzman, USA Today 07/11/2017    |
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| U.S. Agency Moves to Allow Class-Action Lawsuits Against Financial Firms |
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The nation's consumer watchdog adopted a rule on Monday that would pry open the courtroom doors for millions of Americans, by prohibiting financial firms from forcing them into arbitration in disputes over their bank and credit card accounts. The new rule, which could take effect next year, is almost certain to set off a political firestorm in Washington. Both the Trump administration and House Republicans have pushed to rein in the consumer finance agency as part of a broader effort to lighten regulation on the financial industry.
JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG and MICHAEL CORKERY, The New York Times 07/11/2017 |
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| Wells Fargo To Pay $142 Million To Customers Hurt By Bogus Accounts |
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Wells Fargo bank has struck a settlement to reimburse customers who were harmed when bank employees created unwanted accounts in their names. A federal judge has granted a preliminary approval for the settlement in the class action case. Wells Fargo says compensation will depend on the financial harm customers suffered. Someone who paid an improper $35 dollar fee likely will receive less money than someone whose credit score was damaged and had to accept a home loan with a higher interest rate.
CHRIS ARNOLD , National Public Radio 07/11/2017 |
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| Is Your Surgeon Double-Booked? |
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Over the past two years, the issue of overlapping surgery — in which a doctor operates on two patients in different rooms during the same time period — has ignited an impassioned debate in the medical community, attracted scrutiny by the powerful U.S. Senate Finance committee that oversees Medicare and Medicaid, and prompted some hospitals to circumscribe the practice. Known as “running two rooms” — or double-booked, simultaneous or concurrent surgery — the practice occurs in teaching hospitals where senior attending surgeons delegate trainees — usually residents or fellows — to perform parts of one surgery while the attending surgeon works on a second patient in another operating room. Sometimes senior surgeons aren't even in the OR, but are seeing patients elsewhere.
Sandra G. Boodman, The Washington Post 07/11/2017 |
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| Honda Confirms 11th U.S. Death Tied to Ruptured Takata Air Bag Inflator |
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Honda said on Monday it had confirmed an 11th U.S. death involving one of its vehicles tied to a faulty Takata Corp air bag inflator. The company said the incident occurred in Florida in June 2016 when an individual was working on repairs on a 2001 Honda Accord and the air bag ruptured. At least 17 deaths and 180 injuries worldwide are now tied to the defect that prompted the largest ever auto safety recall and led Takata to file for bankruptcy protection last month. Takata inflators can explode with excessive force, unleashing metal shrapnel inside cars and trucks.
David Shepardson , Reuters 07/11/2017 |
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