| | Funeral Services for Tommy Townsend | | Funeral services for Tommy Townsend will be held Friday, November 22nd, 11:00AM - 12:30PM at the First United Methodist Church, 1201 Lavaca Street, Austin, TX 78701. There will be a private burial. Following the service there will be a reception until 4:00PM at the Headliners Club, Chase Tower, 21st Floor, 221 W. 6th Street, Austin, Texas 78701. |
| Suit: Dietary Supplement Led to Plaintiff's Hepatitis | | 
| | A Hawaii woman has filed suit against the makers of a dietary supplement linked to hepatitis and liver failure. The supplement, called OxyELITE Pro, was pulled from shelves as the links to hepatitis and liver failure were investigated. Within a month of taking the supplement, the plaintiff began experiencing abdominal pain, fatigue and nausea, which she discovered was due to hepatitis. The personal injury lawsuit, filed in Hawaii federal court on Tuesday, names the maker of the supplement and the store which sold it to the plaintiff as defendants.
Oskar Garcia, The Sacramento Bee 11/20/2013    | | Read Article: The Sacramento Bee |
| Payday Lender to Pay $19M in Refunds, Fines | |
| | Cash America International, a major owner of U.S. pawn shops and payday loan shops, has agreed pay $19 million in consumer refunds and fines for robo-signing documents used in debt collection, issuing improperly high loans to military members and destroying records sought by a federal regulator.
Kevin McCoy, USA Today 11/21/2013 | | Read Article: USA Today |
| Lance Armstrong Settles $3M Insurance Lawsuit | |
| | A day before he was scheduled to give sworn testimony about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, Lance Armstrong reached a settlement Wednesday with an insurance company that was seeking $3 million in performance bonuses it paid him from 1999 to 2001. Nebraska-based Acceptance Insurance sued Armstrong in Texas earlier this year after he admitted he doped during a career in which he won the Tour de France seven times.
JIM VERTUNO, AP , The Huffington Post 11/21/2013 | | Read Article: The Huffington Post |
| Mapped: The Latest Earthquake Swarm in Texas | |
| | Ten earthquakes in two weeks, the biggest a magnitude 3.6. That’s what small towns like Azle and Springtown Northwest of Fort Worth have had to deal with recently. The region is also home to several disposal wells, which are used to store massive amounts of wastewater from oil and gas drilling. In other parts of the Barnett Shale drilling area disposal wells have been linked to similar series of quakes.
Terrence Henry, StateImpact Texas, Texas Tribune 11/21/2013 | | Read Article: Texas Tribune |
| Texas Opening Doors to Captive Insurers | |
| | The Texas Department of Insurance has begun accepting applications from captive insurance companies located in other jurisdictions that would like to relocate to Texas. TDI will license the companies under a law change approved by the 83rd Texas Legislature and signed by Gov. Rick Perry on June 5, 2013.The Texas statute requires that parent companies have significant operations in Texas in order to form a captive here. Texas-based captives can only insure operational risks of affiliated companies and controlled unaffiliated business and; prohibits captives from accepting insurance policy risks of an insurance affiliate.
Staff, Insurance Journal 11/21/2013 | | Read Article: Insurance Journal |
| Wrongful Death Suit Settled for $100K | |
| | A wrongful-death lawsuit over the hit-and-run killing of a cyclist in Richmond, Virginia has ended in a $100,000 settlement. The family of the woman killed in the accident had sought $5 million from the driver who fled the scene after the accident. The defendant is being held in jail as he awaits transfer to a federal prison where he will serve no more than three years. The lawsuit cited claims of sorrow and mental anguish, among other effects, as a result of the woman's death.
Reed Williams, Richmond Times-Dispatch 11/21/2013 | | Read Article: Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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