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Webinar: Changes to 18.001 Affidavits & Hospital Liens, July 25th
10:00AM |
During
the recent legislative session, lawmakers made significant changes to the laws
regarding 18.001 affidavits and hospital liens. During this webinar:
- TTLA President Will Adams will discuss the legislative session. - TTLA
members Judy Kostura and Guy Choate will walk you through the changes made by
HB 1693 (18.001 affidavits) and HB 2929 (hospital liens) and theyâ??ll give you
tips and strategies to help you adapt your practice to them. As part of your
registration, youâ??ll receive a fully updated copy of Judy Kosturaâ??s definitive
paper on subrogation and liens. Click on the headline to register.
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Texas
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Brief for July 22 |
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In
today's Brief: Weâ??re still months away from the 2020 filing deadline. But
thereâ??s already a long list of candidates lining up to challenge U.S. Sen.
John Cornyn, R-Texas. Letâ??s review.
Cassi Pollock, Texas Tribune 07/22/2019   
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| Vincent
R. Johnson: A Self-driving Cars Crash - Who Pays? |
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"Arguably, tort
law is already able to deal with the losses resulting from self-driving
technology. The usual course is that industrial innovation is followed by tort
litigation based on flexible, common law legal principles. Those principles
impose liability for negligence (failure to exercise care) or strict liability
for harm caused by certain product defects.
Exposure to tort liability creates incentives for product sellers and users to
adopt measures that can minimize future harm by reducing activity levels or
increasing precautions. Within limits, tort litigation provides a healthy
check on market excesses."
Vincent R. Johnson, J.D., is interim dean and Charles E. Cantú
Distinguished Professor of Law at St. Maryâ??s University, San Antonio Express
News 07/22/2019
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| ITC
Fire Resulted in 20M Gallons of Waste |
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Four
months after the International Terminals Co. explosion, fire and chemical leak
the work to dispose of the millions of gallons of waste and contaminated water
generated in the incident is taking place quietly in the background and is far
from finished. ITC must comply with a 31-page management plan that details how
the waste is sampled and identified, stored and finally disposed of. It
dictates how itâ??s transported and where it can go. But details about the
status of the work and where exactly the waste is going are hard to come
by.
Perla Trevizo , Houston Chronicle 07/22/2019
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Houston Chronicle
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| Texas
Workers Are Dying on the Job at Alarming Rates |
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In 2017,
a worker in Texas died on the job every 16 hours. They died from
electrocution, asphyxiation, falls from roofs, exposure to toxins, equipment
malfunctions, heat stroke and automobile collisions. The death toll exceeded
the number of murders in Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin combined. 2016
and 2017 were among the deadliest years for workers in the state in two
decades. Every year since 2009, Texas has registered more deaths on the job
than any other state. Texas also had the highest worker death rate per capita
in 2017 among the nationâ??s 10 most populous states.
Gus Bova, Texas Observer 07/22/2019
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| Tragic
Accident Nets Nearly $11M Settlement for Truck Driver |
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A nearly
$11 million settlement has been granted to a truck driver who lost both his
legs in an accident. The driver was delivering eight 5,000-pound pipes on Dec.
24, 2013, when his legs were crushed by a pipe. Following the accident, the
plaintiff filed suit against Dura-Bond Coating of Duquesne alleging
negligence. The plaintiff and Dura-Bond reached a $10.6 settlement, bringing
an end to the lawsuit.
John Luciew, PennLive.com 07/22/2019
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| Google
Settles Age Discrimination Lawsuit for $11 Million |
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Google
recently agreed to settle a federal age discrimination lawsuit for $11 million
that alleged the tech giant engaged in a systemic practice of discriminating
on the basis of age in hiring. The lawsuit was filed by a software engineer
who was interviewed by Google four times from 2007 to 2014, beginning when she
was 47, and was never hired. Around 227 plaintiffs will collect an average of
$35,000 each in the settlement.
Patricia Barnes, Forbes 07/20/2019
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| TX
AG Sues Valero |
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The Texas
Attorney General office is suing Valero Energy for ongoing air pollution at
its Port Arthur refinery in another court challenge for the San Antonio
refiner already facing mounting legal and regulatory actions over its air
emissions. The Attorney Generalâ??s office alleged in the lawsuit filed Friday
that the Port Arthur refinery has engaged in pattern of air emissions
violations since 2014.
Marissa Luck , Houston Chronicle 07/22/2019
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| Drug
Makers, Distributors Failed to Stop Suspect Opioid Shipments, Court Filing
Alleges |
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A motion
filed Friday by lawyers for two Ohio counties alleges companies failed to
analyze potentially suspicious orders until after they had shipped, applied
rudimentary controls on excessive sales that were easy for bad actors to game,
and handed the job of halting shady orders to sales departments incentivized
to keep pills moving. That filing is one of dozens made the same day in
litigation over the opioid crisis in federal court in Cleveland. A judge there
is overseeing nearly 2,000 lawsuits filed by cities, counties and Native
American tribes against the pharmaceutical industry, seeking to hold companies
accountable for widespread drug abuse and addiction that they say started with
prescription painkillers.
Sara Randazzo, Wall Street Journal - $$ Subscription
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| Utah
Woman Dies After Losing Blood During Heart Surgery |
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A lawsuit
has been filed over the death of a Utah woman following a medical procedure.
The woman underwent open-heart surgery to remove a metal heart device that was
causing an allergic reaction. According to the lawsuit, a line from the
woman's neck had not been clamped during surgery, causing her blood to drain
into a garbage can beneath the operating table. The wrongful death suit was
filed against the hospital and the doctors involved with the surgery and
alleges negligence.
Timothy Bella, The Washington Post 07/22/2019
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| South
Carolina Man Killed in Ride Share Accident, Family Files Suit |
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The
family of a man who died in a car crash while in a Lyft ride share in South
Carolina has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The man was killed when the Lyft
driver failed to yield to the right of way and crashed into another car. The
lawsuit, filed this week in Charleston County court, alleges gross negligence
and wrongful death and seeks "actual and punitive damages." Named as
defendants are Lyft and the driver.
Thomas Novelly, Charleston Post Courier 07/18/2019
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