| TTLA Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Seminar | Oct 22-23 | Royal Sonesta, Houston | Be a part of something REAL! Click the headline for more information on the Texas Pharmaceutical Seminar. Even bigger and better this year, TTLAâ??s 3rd Annual Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Seminar is sure to be a sell-out. And all you need to do to experience something REAL is click to register. Real Torts. Real Talk. Real Time.
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| TTLA Annual Meeting & Advanced PI CLE Seminar December 2-4 | Mark your calendar and register today! TTLA Annual Meeting & Advanced PI CLE Seminar, December 2-4, Four Seasons Hotel, Houston. CLE speakers are confirmed and the program agenda is set. Registration is now open. Hotel room rate of $195 per night expires November 10. Reserve your room today using promo code CI1215LA or call 800-734-4114 and mention the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. Click on the headline to learn more.
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| San Antonio Car Wrecks CLE Seminar, November 5, 2015 | Earn up to 7.25 hours MCLE credit including 1.0 hr ethics credit. TTLA's Car Wrecks CLE Seminar features practical, in-depth tips and strategies to help you WIN YOUR CASES. Come away with the tools you need to compete in the courtroom! Click on the headline to learn more and register.
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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| In Final BP Deal, Texas to Get $800 Million for Gulf |  | Texas and four other Gulf Coast states have reached a final settlement with BP stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, the U.S. Department of Justice and states announced Monday. The $20.8 billion deal is the largest settlement with a single entity in American history and includes the largest civil penalty in the history of environmental law. It resolves all state claims against the company for its role in the disaster, which killed 11 people and spewed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Jim Malewitz, Texas Tribune 10/06/2015    | | Read Article: Texas Tribune |
| Ebola Nurse's Lawsuit will Continue | | A lawsuit filed by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas nurse Nina Pham after she contracted Ebola last year will continue in a Dallas County civil court. Pham is suing the hospitalâ??s parent company, Texas Health Resources, saying that it did not adequately train and protect its nurses from the disease. THR argued Monday that the civil court does not have jurisdiction because Phamâ??s claim should be decided by a workerâ??s compensation claim.The workerâ??s compensation claim will also go forward. But state District Judge Martin Hoffman will still determine who employed Pham for the purposes of the lawsuit.
Jennifer Emily, The Dallas Morning News 10/06/2015 | | Read Article: The Dallas Morning News |
| Calif. Parents File Suit Against Drug Giant Over Birth Defects | | A lawsuit has been filed by a California couple whose daughter suffered injuries as a result of the mother being prescribed Zofran while pregnant. The lawsuit seeks to hold GlaxoSmithKline LLC, the maker of the drug, accountable for the alleged injuries the girl suffered as a result of her mother taking the drug. Three years ago, the pharmaceutical company pled guilty to criminal charges filed by the U.S. Department of Justice for off-label promotion of certain prescription drugs, including Zofran, for uses not approved by the FDA.
Staff Report, Business Wire 10/01/2015 | | Read Article: Business Wire |
| 3M Leaks Toxic Chemicals into Tennessee River, Lawsuit Says | | A federal lawsuit has been filed in Alabama accusing 3M's manufacturing plant of leaking toxic chemicals into the water supply. The lawsuit was filed on Monday and contends that 3M has been aware for 14 years that the chemicals "are not effectively treated by conventional wastewater treatment plant processes." Nearby residents are at risk of cancer and other health complications because of the chemicals, the lawsuit states. The chemicals are being leaked into the Tennessee river which supplies water to residents of Decatur.
Paul Gattis, AL.com 10/05/2015 | | Read Article: AL.com |
| Lawsuit Filed Against Florida Middle School Over Suicide | | A lawsuit has been filed over the suicide death of a teenage boy at a Florida middle school. The 14-year-old boy shot himself with his father's gun in the bathroom at a Lake Mary middle school last year. The lawsuit, filed by the boy's family, alleges that school did not do enough to prevent the bullying that led to the boy's suicide. According to the lawsuit, the boy was missing for hours and administrators did not look for him, even after a student found a shell casing in the bathroom. The boy was discovered in the bathroom stall with a gunshot wound to the head late that evening.
Tiffany Walden, Orlando Sentinel 10/05/2015 | | Read Article: Orlando Sentinel |
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