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| | 2012 Annual Conference Discover TTLA, June 6-8 at the Hyatt Lost Pines, Bastrop | |
| | Join TTLA for our biggest event of the year, complete with 2 days of CLE programs, parties, receptions, committee meetings, Board of Directors meeting and our annual awards luncheon. Nestled in the tranquil Central Texas countryside, this year's Annual Conference also offers family-friendly activities, a golf tournament, tennis tournament and more! Click on the headline to learn more! | | Why I'm a member of TTLA... | |
| | VIDEO: "TTLA does the work that it would take me a team of people to do." TTLA Member Shalimar Wallis of San Antonio. Click on the headline to watch the video. | | "1K Pays Your Way" TTLA Annual Conference | |
| | Earn your registration fee for the 2012 TTLA Annual Conference by recruiting new TTLA members! Simply recruit $1,000 worth of new TTLA memberships, and earn free registration to the Annual Conference CLE at Hyatt Lost Pines – an $875 value. Clip on the headline to learn more. | | Products | |
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| | Popular Antibiotic May Raise Risk of Sudden Death | |
| | A new study finds that a widely used antibiotic, azithromycin, may increase the likelihood of sudden death in adults, especially those who have heart disease or are at high risk for it. The increased odds of death are small, but significant enough that the authors of the study say doctors should consider prescribing a different drug, like amoxicillin, for high-risk patients who need antibiotics. People at high risk include those with heart failure, diabetes or a previous heart attack, and those who have undergone bypass surgery or have had stents implanted. DENISE GRADY, The New York Times 05/17/2012 | | Read Article: The New York Times | | NHTSA Proposes Electronic Stability Control Systems to Prevent Deadly Rollovers | |
| | Manufacturers would have to equip large trucks and buses with safety systems that help prevent rollover accidents through computer-controlled braking, under regulations proposed Wednesday by the government. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s proposal would require electronic stability control in new trucks and buses, including motorcoaches. Associated Press, The Washington Post 05/17/2012 | | Read Article: The Washington Post | | Lead Poisoning Guidelines Revised | |
| | Up to 365,000 more children across the USA will be considered at risk of lead poisoning under new guidelines released today by the CDC. In an important shift, the CDC cut in half the amount of lead that will trigger medical monitoring and other actions in children ages 1 to 5. It's the first time in more than 20 years that the CDC has revised its action level on lead poisoning. Elizabeth Weise & Alison Young, USA Today 05/17/2012 | | Read Article: USA Today | | Laws/Cases | |
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| | Sketchers Settles Suit over Shape-up Health Claims | |
| | Skechers has agreed to pay $40 million to settle a lawsuit against the company over ads that claimed their Shape-up shoes had health and posture benefits. In a recent study, the Federal Trade Commission determined the research and claims about the shoes were inaccurate. Consumers who purchased the shoes may apply for a refund from the settlement on the FTC website. Deborah Kotz, Boston Globe 05/16/2012 | | Read Article: Boston Globe | | Civil Lawsuit Against Ford Motor Company Delayed | |
| | A civil lawsuit filed against the Ford Motor Company by a local family has been delayed. Attorneys for Helen Guzman, who is suing Ford, have accused the auto manufacturer of withholding evidence. It's been over a year since a crash left 57-year-old Guzman with serious injuries and killed her 76-year-old mother, Consuelo Segovia. Guzman was driving a Ford F-150 on Interstate 37 near Edroy. She lost control of the truck and rolled it over when she tried to pass another vehicle. Wednesday's hearing was to consider a motion asking that Ford be punished for allegedly withholding information about that possible manufacturing defect. Rachel Cole, KRIS TV Corpus Christi 05/17/2012 | | Read Article: KRIS TV Corpus Christi | | Body Mix-up at California Mortuary Prompts Lawsuit | |
| | A Los Angeles family has filed a lawsuit against a local mortuary after the mortuary accidentally switched the body of their deceased family member with another. Their family member, the suit says, went through another woman's funeral, dressed in her clothing and buried in her burial plot. While the funeral home has refunded ceremony and burial charges, the family is seeking additional damages from emotional stress. Rick Rojas and Andrew Blankstein, LA Times 05/17/2012 | | Read Article: LA Times | | Issues | |
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| | Increasingly Mentally Ill Inmates Suing Over Solitary Confinement | |
| | Prisoners’ rights advocates around the nation say putting mentally ill inmates in long-term solitary confinement amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. In some states, activists are pushing court challenges to get convicts out of isolation. There are no statistics detailing how many of the more than 218,000 federal prison inmates are considered mentally ill. Similarly, there is no official estimate as to how many inmates are placed in solitary confinement. Cases involving such inmates are coming with increasing regularity, inmates’ rights advocates say. The outcomes have been varied. Associated Press, The Washington Post 05/17/2012 | | Read Article: The Washington Post | | Army Launches Review of PTSD Diagnoses | |
| | Army leaders are launching a sweeping, independent review of how the service evaluates soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder following recent complaints that some PTSD diagnoses were improperly overturned. The Army said Wednesday it will review the diagnoses at all of its medical facilities going back to October 2001. And top Army leaders said they will develop a plan to correct any decisions or policies necessary to make sure that soldiers are receiving the care and treatment they deserve. Associated Press, The Washington Post 05/17/2012 | | Read Article: The Washington Post | | Revealing Brain Damage: Battlefield to Playing Field | |
| | Traumatic brain injury, the signature wound of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, is doubly cruel: it leaves many victims emotionally shattered and cognitively crippled. But because mild and moderate brain injuries do not show up on CT or other imaging, doctors and even family members are often skeptical that any real damage exists. Now the first experiment of its kind documents exactly what "the invisible injury" - at least the kind caused by blast waves or repeated physical impacts - does to the brain: Crumpled axons, which carry signals between neurons; gummed-up neurons like those in Alzheimer's disease; strangled blood vessels. Reuters, Yahoo News 05/17/2012 | | Read Article: Yahoo News | | Insurance | |
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| | Leading Insurer Pays $109M for Dog Bite Claims | |
| | State Farm Insurance, one of the nation's largest home insurers, paid more than $109 million on about 3,800 dog bite claims nationwide last year, spokesman Eddie Martinez said Wednesday. In 2010, there were about 3,500 claims and $90 million in payouts. The Insurance Information Institute estimated that nearly $479 million in dog bite claims were paid by all insurance companies in 2011, spokeswoman Loretta Worters said. In 2010, it was $413 million. SUE MANNING, AP, Yahoo News 05/17/2012 | | Read Article: Yahoo News | | Class Action | |
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| | JPMorgan Chase Faces Class-Action Over $2B in Losses | |
| | A class-action lawsuit was filed Tuesday against JPMorgan Chase on behalf of investors accusing the bank of misleading shareholders about the $2 billion in trading losses that have roiled the company this week. Lawyers said the bank did not fully disclose the risky nature of JPMorgan’s trades. The lawsuit alleges the bank falsely told shareholders that its bets on financial instruments known as derivatives were “hedges” that would help the firm offset overall risk in its portfolio. Instead, lawyers say, the bank was betting purely for profit and did not fully disclose how much money the bank had already lost before by the time it held an April 13 conference call with investors. Jia Lynn Yang, The Washington Post 05/17/2012 | | Read Article: The Washington Post | | Wrongful Death | |
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| | $5.35 Million Sought in Police Wrongful Death Suit | |
| | A Virginia man has filed a $5.35 million lawsuit against a Culpepper police officer who shot and killed his 54-year-old wife earlier this year. The suit says the officer aggressively approached the victim in her car in a church parking lot, threatening her with his gun if she did not do what he told her. As she tried to drive away, the officer shot her multiple times, the suit says. No criminal charges have been filed at this time. Allison Brophy Champion, Richmond Times-Dispatch 05/16/2012 | | Read Article: Richmond Times-Dispatch | | Bar, Driver Named in Suit Over Fatal DWI Wreck | |
| | A Chicago woman has filed a lawsuit against a bar and a local man responsible for a DUI accident that killed her son in March. The suit says Trio Sports Bar & Grill was responsible for serving the defendant too much alcohol on the night of March 10, and that the man then got into his car and drove off at high speed, eventually crashing into the plaintiff's son. The suit is seeking unspecified damages. Naomi Nix , Chicago Tribune 05/16/2012 | | Read Article: Chicago Tribune | |
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