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Man accused of driving drunk, killing pregnant woman
The family of a pregnant woman allegedly killed by a drunk driver is suing the driver and the bar they say served drinks to the man. Betty Ruth Drummond, individually and on behalf of the Mykeisha...
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Harris County man accuses TESCO of discrimination, retaliation
A Harris County man alleges he was fired from TESCO because he accused supervisors of racial discrimination. Von V. Carr filed a lawsuit Aug. 18 in the Houston Division of the Southern District of...
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Jefferson County woman says she is owed money for managing co-owned property
A Jefferson County woman seeks to be paid for managing property she co-owns in Beaumont. Shannon Gibson filed a lawsuit Aug. 20 in Jefferson County District Court against Christopher Bryant. Brinkley...
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Woman blames alleged head injury on Beaumont man
A Beaumont man is being blamed for a head injury a woman allegedly received when attacked at his house. Benee Blanchard filed a lawsuit against Marc Greenberg on Aug. 20 in Jefferson County District...
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Judge asks accused to defend actions in alleged BP ‘money laundering’ scheme
NEW ORLEANS – Four attorneys accused of corruption in the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement were called before a federal judge this week to explain why they shouldn’t be sanctioned or...
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Judge rules BP will not get restitution for claims paid under flawed...
NEW ORLEANS – A federal judge has denied BP’s request to reclaim hundreds of millions of dollars in claims payments the company says would not have been paid to Deepwater Horizon oil spill claimants...
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Port Arthur property owner allegedly owes $34K in past-due mortgage
The owner of three Port Arthur properties is being threatened with foreclosure for allegedly not making payments on a loan for nearly five years. Lillian Wilson, an accounting and bookkeeping company,...
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Port Arthur homeowners accused of not paying mortgage for years
The owners of a Port Arthur house are being threatened with foreclosure for allegedly failing to pay mortgage for nearly five years. LaSalle Bank NA, as trustee and on behalf of the holders of Bear...
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Woman accused of backing into vehicle in Dickinson
Two Galveston County women say they were hurt when another woman allegedly drove out of a driveway and crashed into them.Virginia Ramos and Dolores Gloria Bautista filed a lawsuit Aug. 21 in Galveston...
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Teacher accuses BISD of rights violations
A Jefferson County woman alleges she lost her teaching job under false pretenses and without proper procedure being followed.Pearline Arline filed a lawsuit Aug. 22 in the Beaumont Division of the...
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MDL judge ready to dismiss asbestos cases without mandated medical reports;...
A Texas judge is ready to dismiss more than a 1,000 asbestos and silica cases for failing to have medical reports filed by a Sept. 1 deadline, but the plaintiffs’ attorneys say that deadline is...
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Paxton a ‘weak’ candidate for Texas AG benefiting from GOP reign, professor says
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) – Texans are no stranger to droughts, especially Democrats who run for state offices in the Lone Star State. And perhaps the most parched race this election cycle is the race...
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Attorney: Texas asbestos decision ‘absolutely not’ gaining traction in other...
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – A Texas defense attorney recently said that as asbestos litigation changes, the laws governing legal causation must also change – and the recent Bostic decision from the...
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New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County
September 15, 2014 License #:29596 Assumed Name:RJM TRUCKING Address:2237 6TH ST, PORT NECHES, TX, 77651 Owner Name:MANNINO ROY JOSEPH License #:29627 Assumed Name:TWIN CITY PORTABLE BUILDINGS...
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Legal reform group endorses GOP justice to Dallas appellate court
DALLAS (Legal Newsline) – A month after his appointment, Justice Craig Stoddart received the endorsement of Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC to the Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas. Seeking to replace...
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Study: Patent trolls, which tend to go after cash-rich companies, will hurt...
DALLAS (Legal Newsline) – A recent study has found that companies that sue other companies that make goods or products, but don’t manufacture anything themselves, are a threat to innovation and the...
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Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas
MARSHALL DIVISION Sept. 22 • Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC v Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Electronics America Inc. and Samsung Telecommunications America LLC Case No....
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Jefferson County 172nd District Court: Docket for November 2014
DAVID ADEN HOLST V. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION ET AL (P) MORGAN, GLEN W -(D)GUERRY, THEODORE L KIRBOW FAMILY INVESTMENTS INC ET AL V. GULF COAST INSURANCE AGENCY LTD ET AL (P)WIMBERLEY, JAMES EDWARD...
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Legally Speaking: Awards we’d like to see
Readers of “Legally Speaking” know that I delight in finding some of the most bizarre, did-that-really-happen moments in actual court cases in the civil and criminal justice systems. Some of the more...
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Beaumont man accused of failing to repay credit card account
A Beaumont man is accused of failing to pay more than $7,500 in credit card debt. Cach LLC filed a complaint against Ross Bennett III on Aug. 22 in Jefferson County District Court. According to the...
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