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Without contribution limits, Texas legal reform group expects more spending...
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) – Viewing him as a “bully” at the state capitol, a legal reform group suspects plaintiffs attorney Steve Mostyn will continue to spend millions of dollars on liberal...
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Lanier Law Firm funding challengers in Texas Supreme Court’s GOP primary
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) – Knowing that it would be next to impossible to elect a Democrat, trial lawyers are now financing the political campaigns of Republicans seeking to usurp Texas’s current...
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Wal-Mart sued after woman falls in parking lot
A woman is suing after sustaining injury in a Wal-Mart parking lot. Jennifer Parker filed a lawsuit Jan. 20 in the Galveston County District Court against Wal-Mart Stores Texas LLC, citing premises...
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Woman sues after collision on Texas Avenue
A woman is suing after sustaining injury in a car collision. Martha Lloyd Tucker filed a lawsuit Jan. 21 in the Galveston County Circuit Court against Alicia Dianna Johnson, citing negligence....
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Woman sues two drivers after sustaining injury in collision
A woman is suing after sustaining injury in a car collision. Hailey N. Miller filed a lawsuit Jan. 21 in the Galveston County Court against Jeffrey Cyphert, as next friend of Kimbery Cyphert, and...
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State Farm sued for damages by uninsured motorist
A woman is suing after a collision with an uninsured drunk driver. Sarah Elyse Westphal filed a lawsuit Jan. 21 in the Galveston County Court against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co....
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American National Red Cross sued after boy nearly drowns
A woman is suing after her son is severely injured on daycare trip to pool. Rochelle Lanise Scott, individually and as next friend of Caleb Ryan Smith, a minor child, filed a lawsuit Jan. 21 in the...
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Court of Appeals settles disputes over fees
An appeals court affirms a previous ruling for judgments in lawsuits and cross-lawsuits involving a city, an electric corporation and several attorneys. John Minor Wisdom Building, U.S. Court of...
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Health worker sues for benefits
A medical health worker is suing his employer’s insurance company regarding benefits. Alan Guedry filed a lawsuit Jan. 13 in the United States District Court Eastern District of Texas, Marshall...
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Enterprise and State Farm named in car accident suit
A Jefferson County man is suing over claims he sustained injuries after a car accident. Brian Debes filed a lawsuit on Jan. 16 in Jefferson County District Court against Enterprise Rent-A-Car Co.,...
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Construction company sues private contractor after dumpster hits house
A Jefferson County construction company is suing over claims a private contractor negligently damaged a home. Byrdson Services, doing business as Excello Construction, filed a lawsuit on Jan. 15 in...
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Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas
MARSHALL DIVISION Jan. 22 • E2E Processing Inc. v Cabela’s Inc. Case No. 2:14-cv-00036-JRG-RSP • E2E Processing Inc. v Crocs Inc. and Crocs Retail LLC Case No 2:14-cv-00037-JRG-RSP • E2E Processing...
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Legally Speaking: 2014 — Off to a Crazy Start
I thought 2013 was one of the strangest years yet for wackiness in the legal system, with some of the weirdest lawsuits and litigants we’ve seen in years. But judging from the legal stories that have...
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Jefferson County 60th District Court: Docket for March 2014
DORIS MARIE LIVING V. CALVIN SPIKES (D)HEALD, RUSSELL W -(P)SHELANDER, MEL WILBUR MARK KENT V. CHRISTUS HEALTH ET AL (D)LEWIS, CRAIG -(P)COOKSEY, CURRY L Jefferson County 60th District Court Judge Gary...
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U.S. files False Claims Act complaint against KBR
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a Houston-based engineering, construction and services firm for allegedly submitting false claims in...
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U.S. SC: Patent holders still bear burden of proving infringement
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision Wednesday, ruled that patent holders still bear the burden of proving infringement even if they are not the ones filing a...
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Professor says asbestos cases from smokers, like N.Y. congresswoman, on the rise
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Lung cancer cases are on the rise in asbestos litigation, and one law professor says the incentive for plaintiffs attorneys is to obtain money from bankruptcy trusts set up...
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Texas legal reform group endorses Justice Brown for SC
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) – Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC has officially endorsed the election of Justice Jeff Brown to the Texas Supreme Court. TLRPAC released a press release announcing the...
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New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County
License #:2014002115 Assumed Name:Shepherd Quality Roofing Address:2325 Ave A., Port Arthur, TX, 77642 Date Filed:01/21/2014 Owner Name:Shepherd Willie Jr. License #:2014002144 Assumed Name:Ware...
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Scott, Crenshaw tapped to fill vacancies in Jefferson County
With two Jefferson County elected officials stepping down, Gov. Rick Perry announced Monday his appointments to fill the vacancies. For the vacancy on the Jefferson County 252nd District Court, which...
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