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| The
Brief for Nov 26 |
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In
today's Brief: After years of relying on volunteer translators, Korean
Americans voting in Houston last month had help from hired bilingual poll
workers.
Elvia Limón, Texas Tribune 11/26/2019   
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| New
Normal: Going to Civil Court Without a Lawyer |
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Americans
are guaranteed legal counsel in criminal cases. But when it comes to civil
suits, they're not. Many go without because they can't pay for it and they're
increasingly representing themselves -- with unequal outcomes. Just one in
four civil defendants has a lawyer, down from nearly all of them in 1992,
according to a 2015 study, its most recent, by the National Center for State
Courts. The number of litigants without lawyers has continued to rise in the
four years since the report, according to a dozen experts interviewed for this
story.
Gwen Everett , Bloomberg 11/26/2019
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Bloomberg
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| Study:
I-35 One of the Deadliest Highways in the US |
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In a
recent study from Value Penguin, I-35 was ranked one of the deadliest highways
in the country. The results were gathered data on traffic fatalities from the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting
System on fatal accidents from 2015 to 2018.
CBS Austin, KEYE-TV 11/26/2019
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| Over
1,000 Patients at Indiana Hospital Potentially Exposed to HIV,
Hepatitis |
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Over
1,000 patients at an Indiana hospital may have been exposed to HIV or
hepatitis, according to a lawsuit. The lawsuit filed on Friday against Goshen
Health alleges the hospital may have exposed patients to blood-borne viruses
such as HIV and hepatitis by failing to properly sterilize surgical equipment.
The hospital announced that one of seven sterilization technicians working at
the hospital failed to complete one step in a multi-step cleaning process of
surgical equipment.
Shari Rudavsky, USA Today 11/25/2019
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USA Today
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| Judge
Sanctions US Government for Discovery Abuses Against Sutherland Springs
Victims |
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The
United States must pay $5,000 in sanctions for discovery abuses in a case
brought by Sutherland Springs mass-shooting plaintiffs who allege that
failures in the national background check system allowed the church shooter to
buy weapons illegally. Judge Xavier Rodriguez of the U.S. District Court for
the Western District of Texas in San Antonio found the government had violated
a federal court rule that requires disclosure of the witness names.
Angela Morris , Texas Lawyer 11/26/2019
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Texas Lawyer
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| Colorado's
Christopher Watts to Pay $6M to Murdered Wife's Family |
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Colorado
man Christopher Watts has been ordered to pay $6 million to the family of his
wife, who he murdered along with his two daughters. Last week, a judge ordered
Watts to pay the amount to his wife's parents, who filed suit against him last
year. Watts pleaded guilty to the murder of his wife and two young daughters.
The $6 million verdict includes $1 million for each of the deaths and $3
million for emotional pain.
Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Channel 11/25/2019
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