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Jury awards paralyzed Monterey County woman $12 million in Toyota suit
2014-10-18 21:01:31| Automakers - Topix.net
A jury on Friday awarded $12 million to a Pacific Grove woman who sued Toyota Motor Corp. after she was paralyzed during a 2010 crash despite wearing a lap belt. Chelsie Hill was awarded $8 million for past and future medical expenses, and $4 million for her pain and suffering.
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Harris County, Industrial Companies Meet In Court Over Toxic Waste Dump
2014-10-17 17:03:45| Paper - Topix.net
On Thursday Harris County attorneys went head-to-head with Fortune 500 companies they blame for polluting the San Jacinto River nearly 50 years ago. With $3.7 billion worth in penalties and attorneys' fees on the line, the county's opening statements in the long-awaited environmental enforcement trial hinged on the responsible companies' intentional abandonment of a former waste dump.
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Nevada County looks to improve 3 bridges
2014-10-16 11:45:34| Railroads - Topix.net
Peter Werbel of Truckee and Janet Phillips president of the Tahoe-Pyramid Bikeway at the Nevada County administration building Tuesday October 14. Two aging bridges in Eastern Nevada County will get seismic makeovers and a third bridge will either be replaced or left alone - depending on decisions by Nevada County Board of Supervisors. "We are just thrilled," said Janet Phillips, president of the Tahoe-Pyramid Bikeway, after supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday on plans that would clear the way for access for the bikeway to two bridges in Hirschdale, east of Truckee.
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For Fairfax County, is Inova any better than the FBI on the Exxon Mobil campus?
2014-10-14 20:59:21| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The Exxon Mobil campus sits on a small slice of the 117-acre Merrifield plot that Inova Health is eyeing from across the street. In 2012, when the race for the new FBI headquarters was heating up, Fairfax County officials immediately turned to the General Services Administration warehouse as an optimal location.
Pipeline ditch could cost Adams County $700,000
2014-10-14 15:40:30| Paper - Topix.net
Adams County could be saddled with the $700,000 cost of abandoning a pipeline it acquired along with the former International Paper property. Gulf Coast Synthetic Fuel Center - a subsidiary of Rentech, the former owners of the IP property - has advertised its intent to abandon a pipeline that runs through Tensas and Concordia Parish and into Adams County.
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