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| Baylor Privilege Loss Sends Warning On Internal-Probe Risks |
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A recent ruling that Baylor University has ceded the right to withhold a swath of information from a Pepper Hamilton LLP investigation of the schoolâ??s response to sexual assault allegations should prompt attorneys to warn clients who may be eyeing similar reviews for a public relations boost to put out investigation details very carefully, or not at all.
Andrew Strickler, Law360 ($) 09/05/2017   
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| Texas Justices To Review $9.6M Oil Rig Injury Verdict |
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The Texas Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Diamond Offshore Services Ltd.â??s challenge of an appellate court ruling upholding a $9.6 million jury award to a former employee who had been injured on an oil rig, after Diamond contended the trial court wrongly kept out key video evidence. In a short case event entry, the Texas high court granted Diamondâ??s petition for review, and scheduled December oral arguments for its challenge of a 2015 appellate ruling upholding the verdict won by plaintiff Willie David Williams.
Daniel Siegal, Law360 ($) 09/05/2017
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| Texas Court Affirms Gov't Immunity In Patient Suicide Suit |
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A Texas appellate court has declined to revive a suit brought by the husband of a mental health patient who committed suicide while checked into a state-run facility, saying that the clinic was protected by governmental immunity. Michael Kelly, whose wife Christy Kelly died after jumping from a moving van while being driven by staff of Permian Basin Community Centers for MHMR, attempted to argue that his case fell into a motor vehicle exception in the Texas Tort Claims Act.
Emma Cueto, Law360 ($) 09/05/2017
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| Johns Hopkins to Face $1B Lawsuit Over 'Guatemala Experiment' |
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A federal judge will allow a $1 billion "Guatemala Experiment" lawsuit filed against Johns Hopkins University to move forward. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of nearly 900 victims of experiments from the 1940's. The lawsuit alleges that the experiments, conducted by the university, infected hundreds of Guatemalans with syphilis and other venereal diseases. After U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis offered the plaintiffs' attorneys instructions to refile, the lawsuit was allowed to move forward. However, Garbis dismissed part of the suit seeking damages under Guatemalan law.
Colin Campbell, Baltimore Sun 08/31/2017
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| Fatal Crash Revives Safety Concerns Surrounding Jeep Recall |
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A fatal Jeep crash has revived criticism from safety advocates that a federal recall plan did not do enough to protect motorists. According to the safety advocates, the federally-approved recall plan to keep the vehicleâ??s fuel tank from igniting in rear-end crashes was unsuccessful. The recent crash involved a 58-year-old woman who died when her 2007 Jeep Liberty was rear-ended. The Jeep Liberty was among 1 million sport utility vehicles that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV agreed to outfit with trailer hitches in 2013, which were recalled after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration concluded that the fuel tanks were vulnerable to leaks and fires in rear-end crashes.
Ryan Beene and Jamie Butters, Bloomberg 08/31/2017
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| Couple Misdirected by FAA Crash-Lands Plane, Says Lawsuit |
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A Georgia couple has filed a lawsuit alleging that the Federal Aviation Administration is responsible for forcing them to crash-land a plane on an athletic field. According to the lawsuit, the couple was flying the plane in October 2014 when the single-engine Socata TBM 850 plane lost engine power. The couple notified the FAA of the in-flight emergency and they were redirected to an airport located about 10 nautical miles away, instead of one that was about 1.7 miles away, says the lawsuit. Both of the plaintiffs were injured during their crash-landing and the lawsuit alleges that the wife suffered "multiple broken bones, facial injuries and scarring and traumatic brain injuries." The lawsuit was filed Friday in the U.S. District Court's Northern District of Georgia.
Becca J. G. Goodwin, Atlanta Journal-Constitution 08/30/2017
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