Texas Woman Settles Suit, Gets Dogs Back | | A Fort Worth woman has settled a lawsuit she filed against the local animal control department after her dogs were ordered to be put down. The woman's dogs were declared dangerous and taken from her "without due process," she stated in her suit. Under terms of the settlement, the woman must comply with a set of safety conditions set forth by a local judge, and if she does, her dogs will be released to her. Mitch Mitchell, Ft. Worth Star Telegram 11/06/2012 | Read Article: Ft. Worth Star Telegram | Age Discrimination Suit Against Univ. of Pitt. Settled | | A former professor at the University of Pittsburgh has settled a lawsuit with the school over claims that he was discriminated against because of age. The man claims in his suit because he was in his early 70s, his path to a tenured faculty member was blocked so the "Pitt law school could lower the median age of its faculty." Staff Report, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 11/07/2012 | Read Article: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Suit Filed over Man's Death During TX Wildfires | | An Austin woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city over the death of her husband, a Travis County Constable Corporal, during the wildfires in September 2011. The suit also names Austin Energy as a defendant, accusing the company of negligence in failing to maintain power lines in a neighborhood that may have caused the fire. The woman said she also hopes the suit will force the city to release official information on the cause of the fire, which is still unknown to the public over a year after the incident. Ricardo Gandara, Austin American Statesman 11/06/2012 | Read Article: Austin American Statesman | | |