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Texas passed a "tort reform" law taking effect on September 1, 2003. [43] The act limited non-economic damages (e.g., damages for pain and suffering) in most malpractice cases to $250,000 across all healthcare providers and $250,000 for healthcare facilities, with a limit of two facilities per claim.
Previously, he had offered a $1,000 life insurance policy against "Death by Fright" for Macabre (1958) and sent a skeleton flying above the audiences' heads in the auditorium in House on Haunted Hill (1959). The gimmicks for The Tingler increased the film's cost from $400,000 to $1 million. [1]
Addiction is a neuropsychological disorder characterized by a persistent and intense urge to use a drug or engage in a behavior that produces natural reward, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences.
Hartsfield–Jackson began with a five-year, rent-free lease on 287 acres (116 ha) that was an abandoned auto racetrack named The Atlanta Speedway. The lease was signed on April 16, 1925, by Mayor Walter Sims , who committed the city to develop it into an airfield.
Dallas (/ ˈ d æ l ə s / ⓘ) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. [11]
A sign along Bellaire Boulevard in Southside Place, Texas (Greater Houston) states that using mobile phones while driving is prohibited from 7:30 am to 9:00 am and from 2:00 pm to 4:15 pm. Crashes involving a driver being distracted by talking on a mobile phone have begun to be prosecuted as negligence similar to speeding.
Covering an area of 163,696 sq mi (423,970 km 2), California is the third-largest state in the United States in area, after Alaska and Texas. [123] California is one of the most geographically diverse states in the union and is often geographically bisected into two regions, Southern California , comprising the ten southernmost counties, [ 124 ...
DHL (German pronunciation: [ˌdeːhaːˈʔɛl]) is a multinational logistics brand, founded in the United States and headquartered in Bonn, Germany. [5] It provides courier, package delivery, and express mail service, delivering over 1.7 billion parcels per year. [6]