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Suit: Sexual Hazing Rampant on Soccer Team |
| A legal claim has been filed against a group of senior soccer players at La Puente High School in Los Angeles accusing them of sexual hazing within the program. The claim states that senior members of the team "targeted younger players" for sexual abuse and that the team's head coach "supported and conspired and abetted with students." Four seniors have been arrested on suspicion of assault, the Los Angeles Times reports. Richard Winton, LA Times 10/05/2012 | Read Article: LA Times |
Kansas High Court Upholds Cap on Malpractice Damages |
| The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday upheld the state law that caps the damages awarded in medical malpractice cases. The long-awaited ruling found that the $250,000 cap on non-economic damages — damages awarded for pain and suffering — did not violate the Kansas Constitution. TONY RIZZO, Kansas City Star 10/08/2012 | Read Article: Kansas City Star |
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Recall of 820,000 Pilots and Civics Caps a Rough Week for Honda |
| In a week that Honda would surely rather forget, the automaker added 820,000 vehicles to a recall that began in March relating to faulty headlight wiring. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has also initiated an investigation of about 577,000 Pilot S.U.V.’s and Odyssey minivans after reports that their Park interlocks failed, allowing them to roll away. The actions were announced just days after Honda added nearly 600,000 Accords to an ongoing recall relating to a fire hazard. CHRISTOPHER JENSEN, The New York Times 10/08/2012 | Read Article: The New York Times |
Safety Regulators Look into Problems with Ford Escape |
| U.S. safety regulators are looking into throttle problems in older Ford Escapes at the request of a consumer group. The nonprofit North Carolina Consumers Council has asked federal regulators to investigate two complaints from drivers who say the small SUV stalled or surged forward. The government will look at 1.6 million Escapes from the 2005 to 2012 model years. If the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration decides to launch a formal investigation, it could lead to a recall of some of the popular SUVs. TOM KRISHER , Associated Press, Star Tribune-South Metro 10/08/2012 | Read Article: Star Tribune-South Metro |
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Eagle Ford Counties Facing a Rough Road Toward Repairs |
| In Karnes County some of the roads here are so beaten down that Laura Hahn scraped the bottom of her car the other day when her tires drifted into deep ruts worn by oil field trucks. Her boyfriend was nearly hit by a truck recently. "I'm not a big fan of the trucks," Hahn said. "There are just people everywhere." Road damage is everywhere, too, with more than $2 billion in annual repair needs across the state because of drilling activity, according to Texas Department of Transportation estimates. Jennifer Hiller, Houston Chronicle 10/08/2012 | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
A Factory’s Closing Focuses Attention on Tort Reform |
| The US Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform is showing a 30-second commercial that uses Blitz USA, a bankrupt Oklahoma gasoline can manufacturer, to illustrate the consequences of abusive lawsuits. The closing of the 117-employee operation this summer became a rallying point for proponents of tort reform. But the commercial ducks the complexities of the product liability cases surrounding Blitz by making no mention of the dozens of casualties linked to explosions while people used the cans in recent years. CLIFFORD KRAUSS, The New York Times 10/08/2012 | Read Article: The New York Times |
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Sky-High Trauma Fees Stun Some ER Patients |
| Since 2002, federal law has allowed trauma centers to bill the most seriously injured patients a fee — often above and beyond an ER fee — for activating on short notice trauma personnel, such as a surgeon and anesthesiologist. Central Texas hospitals impose some of the highest trauma fees in the state and those at Seton-run hospitals, including UMC Brackenridge, have risen sharply in recent years. Trauma fees nationally ranged from $837 to $24,964 a visit, according to research led by the trauma center association and published in 2009. “Significant underused opportunities exist for enhanced revenue” by charging such fees, the authors of the paper said. Mary Ann Roser, Austin American Statesman 10/08/2012 | Read Article: Austin American Statesman |
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