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| The
Brief for Nov 20 |
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In
today's Brief: Texas House Republicans are spearheading a new PAC to protect
their party's majority, and former Texas House Speaker Joe Straus asked the
U.S. Supreme Court to protect LGBTQ workers' rights.
Elvia Limón, Texas Tribune 11/20/2019   
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| Amtrak's
New Arbitration Agreement to Block Future Lawsuits |
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Amtrak
has established a new Arbitration Agreement that will prevent passengers from
filing lawsuits in the case of train derailments. The new agreement states
that passenger claims must go through a single arbitrator, instead of a judge
or jury. The announcement comes days after Amtrak was ordered by a jury to pay
$4.5 million to a woman injured in a 2007 derailment in Washington.
Staff Report, KING 5 Television 11/16/2019
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| NTSB:
Uber Driver Mostly at Fault for Fatal Self-Driving Crash |
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The
National Transportation Safety Board found that the operator of a self-driving
Uber that hit and killed a pedestrian in Tempe last year was the primary cause
of the accident because she was watching "The Voice" on her phone instead of
the road. The agency identified several other contributory causes in its final
report submitted on Tuesday. Officials called out Uber's lax safety culture,
the pedestrian who was high on methamphetamine, and the state of Arizona's
lack of safety requirements for the cars.
Ryan Randazzo, Arizona Republic, USA Today 11/20/2019
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| Nine
Ohio Fraternity Members Charged in Freshman's 2018 Death |
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Nine
fraternity members from Ohio University have been charged in the hazing death
of a pledge. The 18-year-old freshman died of asphyxiation due to nitrous
oxide ingestion after he inhaled a canister of gas at a fraternity event in
Nov. 2018. Charges against the Sigma Pi fraternity members include involuntary
manslaughter, hazing and trafficking in drugs. Sigma Pi fraternity was
expelled from Ohio University following the fatal incident.
Lucas Sullivan, Mike Wagner, Sheridan Hendrix, Columbus
Dispatch 11/20/2019
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| Family
Sues Lafayette College Students Over Son's Alcohol-Related Death |
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A judge
will allow a lawsuit against Lafayette College students who failed to help a
dying student to proceed. According to the lawsuit, filed in Northampton
County Court, two students failed to seek medical attention for a student who
fell and hit his head while drinking. The complaint alleges the students were
negligent for putting the student in bed, rather than seeking medical
attention. The student died in the hospital from a skull fracture and bleeding
on the brain on Sept. 11, 2017.
Rudy Miller, LehighValleyLive.com 11/19/2019
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