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| The Brief May 30 |
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https://www.texastribune.org/2017/05/30/brief-scuffle-house-calm-senate-last-day-session/, Texas Tribune 05/29/2017   
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| GM Named in Lawsuit Over Diesel Truck Emissions |
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A lawsuit has been filed alleging that GM rigged its diesel trucks to pollute. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in federal district court in Detroit and accuses General Motors of engineering the vehicles to bypass emissions testing. The lawsuit, which alleges that GM rigged the trucks to circumvent pollution control devices, is similar to lawsuits filed this year against Volkswagen and Fiat Chrysler. GM has responded by saying that the lawsuit is "baseless" and that it will defend the lawsuit.
Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today 05/25/2017
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| New Lawsuit Says Former Speaker Dennis Hastert Sexually Assaulted Fourth Grader |
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An Illinois man accuses Dennis Hastert in a new lawsuit of sexually assaulting him in bathroom stall when he was a fourth-grader ' at least the fifth such allegation against the former House speaker who will soon be released from prison in a hush-money case. The suit was filed in a suburban Chicago court for a man using the pseudonym Richard Doe. It alleges Hastert abused him after the boy stopped during a bicycle ride to use the restroom in the 1970s in Yorkville, Ill., where Hastert was a high school wrestling coach, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Associated Press, USA Today 05/29/2017
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| $12M to Former Mechanic Injured at Apartment Complex |
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A former Tinker aircraft mechanic from Oklahoma has been awarded $12 million in a personal injury lawsuit. The plaintiff was injured when a step at his apartment collapsed while he was headed to work in Sept. 2012. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff went on to suffer complex regional pain syndrome from his injuries. A year later, the plaintiff filed suit against his apartment complex and was awarded $12 million in damages. After the defendants appealed the decision, a jury ruled in favor of the former mechanic.
Kyle Schwab, NewsOK.com 05/28/2017
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