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| Texting More Distracting While Driving Than Talking on the Phone |  | Now there's scientific proof both texting and talking on a cell phone affect your driving, although the texting is far worse, according to a recent analysis by researchers at the University of Houston and Texas A&M University Transportation Institute. Numerous studies have shown the dangers of distracted driving, but the fresh research expands on that by looking at sensory, cognitive and emotional factors of phone conversations and texting while behind the wheel and how the body reacts to them.
Dug Begley, Houston Chronicle 05/31/2016    | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
| Justices Take On FCA Seal Rule In State Farm Case | | The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to weigh in on whether False Claims Act cases should be dismissed if whistleblowers make their allegations public in violation of the statute's sealing requirements, stemming from a State Farm case involving allegedly fraudulent Hurricane Katrina claims.
Erica Teichert, Law360.com 05/31/2016 | | Read Article: Law360.com |
| In Weighty Water Ruling, Texas' High Court Backs Landowner | | The Texas Supreme Court has strengthened protections for landowners who don't have rights to the water underneath their property. In a ruling Friday, the state's highest civil court said Texas' "accommodation doctrine" should also apply to groundwater, in addition to oil and gas. The decades-old doctrine requires mineral owners — considered the dominant estate — to accommodate the surface owner's existing use of the land if at all possible. While it doesn't always stop drilling or pumping operations, the doctrine gives surface landowners some say regarding the circumstances. But the ruling also establishes that the rights of groundwater owners are dominant over those of surface owners.
Kiah Collier, Texas Tribune 05/31/2016 | | Read Article: Texas Tribune |
| AZ Wants VW Lawsuit Heard in State, Not Federal, Court | | Attorneys for the state are fighting the desire by VW to have the lawsuit against the company handled in federal court by a federal judge. In new legal filings, assistant AG O.H. Skinner is telling U.S. District Court Judge Roslyn Silver that Arizona's case against the German automaker is different than those filed by other states in the wake of disclosures the company cheated on its emission testing. Most of the other lawsuits are based on Volkswagen violating federal air quality standards. But Arizona's claim is that the company defrauded consumers here by advertising and selling a low-emission vehicle that it never delivered.
HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media, Arizona Daily Sun 05/31/2016 | | Read Article: Arizona Daily Sun |
| Legal Settlements at VA More Than Tripled Since 2011, Many Due to Medical Malpractices | | The number of legal settlements made by the Department of Veterans Affairs has more than tripled over the past five years largely due to a spike in medical malpractice cases and bungled construction projects, the Daily News has learned. The cases include multiple examples of blown diagnosis, botched procedures and substandard care, records show.
CREELA BELLE HOWARD & REUVEN BLAU, New York Daily News 05/31/2016 | | Read Article: New York Daily News |
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