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Texas Tribune Daily Brief

The Brief for Nov 21
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In today's Brief: Will South Texas stay true to its moderate ways, or will it pick a more progressive candidate? Also, Texas officials have created a new hub for 2020 Census support.
Elvia Limón, Texas Tribune 11/21/2019 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Uber Videotaping Rides
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For several months, some Uber passengers in Texas have been recorded on video as they have been driven to their destinations. The video has been stored online and could have been reviewed by members of Uber's safety staff if the driver had reported a problem with the passenger. The video recordings are part of a broad initiative at the ride-hailing company to capture more objective data about what happens inside vehicles during Uber trips, where disputes between riders and drivers often play out without witnesses.
Kate Conger, The New York Times 11/21/2019 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Laws/Cases

PG&E Offers $13.5 Billion to California Fire Victims
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California's utility company PG&E, now bankrupt, is offering $13.5 billion to victims of wildfires across the state. The compensation package was made as part of a restructuring plan for the company. The amount offered by PG&E matches the amount Pacific Investment Management Co. and Elliott Management Corp. agreed to pay to fire victims in a rival proposal.
Mark Chediak and Scott Deveau, Claims Journal 11/21/2019 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Lawsuit: 'Joyriding Problem' Led to Death at NorthPark Center Garages
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A known joyriding problem inside NorthPark Center garages led to the death of an innocent bystander, a lawsuit filed Wednesday claims. The mall knew of a "'Fast & Furious' joyriding problem... since at least 2011," eight years before the death of a Chinese businessman inside one of the parking garages, according to the civil suit. According to the suit, NorthPark Center ''knowingly tolerated,' and 'failed to make reasonable attempts to abate,' joyriding by large groups meeting the definition of 'organized criminal activity.'"
Marjorie Owens, WFAA.com 11/21/2019 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Broward County Jury Awards Man $157M From Tobacco Giants in Death of Spouse
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A Florida jury has awarded a gay man more than $157 million in a wrongful death lawsuit after his husband died from lung cancer caused by smoking cigarettes, in what an attorney said is the first such case involving a same-sex married couple. A Broward County jury Friday ordered tobacco giants R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris to pay his spouse, Bryan Rintoul, $157.4 million, including $9 million in compensatory damages.
Janelle Griffith, NBCNewYork.com 11/21/2019 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Helicopter Company Must pay $14.6M After 2 Workers Fall to Death
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A jury has orderes an Oregon helicopter company to pay $14.6 million to the families of two California men who plummeted to their deaths when a nylon rope suspending them from a helicopter in Louisiana broke. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports jurors found Winco Powerline Services of Aurora responsible for the multimillion-dollar verdict after 26-year-old Travis Chiokai and 27-year-old Nicholas Gamalski died Nov. 7, 2017.
ASSOCIATED PRESS, Yahoo News 11/21/2019 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Mexican El Paso Mass Shooting Victims File Suit Against Walmart
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Representatives of families and victims of the Aug. 3 mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, have filed a lawsuit against the store chain. Mexico's Foreign Relations Department said Wednesday it is assisting the 10 Mexican plaintiffs in the suit, filed in El Paso. The lawsuit claims Walmart 'did not take reasonable and necessary measures to protect its customers.'
ASSOCIATED PRESS, Yahoo News 11/21/2019 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Judge Advances Ex-Arkansas Student's Rape Lawsuit
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A federal judge ruled a former University of Arkansas student can move ahead with a lawsuit alleging school officials acted with 'deliberate indifference' after she reported being sexually assaulted by another student in her dorm room. U.S. District Judge P.K. Holmes III's ruling on Monday came after the university's attorneys filed a motion seeking summary judgment in favor of the university.
ASSOCIATED PRESS, Yahoo News 11/21/2019 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Beaumont Daycare Ordered to Pay $2M for Child's Burns
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Anchor Early Learning Center in Beaumont, TX has been ordered to pay a $2 million settlement to the family of an 8-month-year-old girl scalded by hot water while under its supervision. The infant was flown to Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston in October of 2017 and treated for second and third degree burns after a Crock-Pot used to warm bottles was tipped over onto the child.
Jacob Dick, Beaumont Enterprise 11/15/2019 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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