Texas City woman’s botched knee replacement results in litigation
GALVESTON – Texas City resident Eva T. Warren has filed suit against Dr. Ian Reynolds and the Clear Lake Regional Medical Center over a reportedly unsuccessful procedure on her knee. A lawsuit filed...
View ArticlePearland man seeks $500K over Arizona auto accident
GALVESTON – Pearland resident Leroy Davenport has filed suit against Transport Corporation of America Inc. over an alleged two-vehicle accident in Arizona more than a year ago, recent court documents...
View ArticleCompany claims former salesman violated confidentiality agreement
A seller of copy machines is asking the court to allow it to question one of its former employees, claiming it has lost business after the employee allegedly utilized confidential information to steal...
View ArticleDriver blamed for rear-end collision at red light
A woman has filed suit against the driver who she claims failed to obey a red traffic signal and struck her vehicle. Hilda V. Bell claims she was driving north on the service road for U.S. 69 at its...
View ArticleMan blames driver for causing collision
A man has filed suit against the driver who he claims failed to yield the right-of-way at a stop sign. Harold Douglas Bean claims he was driving at the intersection of Highway 124 and Frint Drive in...
View ArticleNursing home blamed for not properly caring for woman’s tracheotomy
The four children of a recently deceased woman claim a nursing home contributed to their mother’s death when it failed to properly care for her recently changed tracheotomy. Robbine Alexander, Shannon...
View ArticleNew business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County
License #: 82676 Assumed Name: WHEELS PUBLISHING FRANCHISE Business Type: PROPRIETORSHIP Date Filed: 2/07/2013 Owner Name: RAND, KEN License #: 82676 Assumed Name: WHEELS PUBLISHING FRANCHISE Business...
View ArticleWidow of chemical plant worker sues 12 companies over husband’s benzene exposure
During his work as a “long-term employee” for Jefferson Chemical/Texaco Chemical Co., Jefferson County resident Donald Harrison’s spouse claims her recently deceased husband was exposed to benzene,...
View ArticleRecent lawsuits against insurance companies filed in Jefferson County, Jan....
A total of four new lawsuits were filed in Jefferson County District Court against insurance companies for hurricane, wind storm and water damage claims, Jan. 28-Feb. 1, 2013. The following complaints...
View ArticleRecent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas
Marshall Division Feb. 8 • Compufill v. HEB Grocery Co. Case No. 2:13-cv-00106 CompuFill is a limited liability company with its principal place of business in Pasadena, Calif. The defendant is...
View ArticleBISD on trial for bus driver’s collision
A Jefferson County jury will decide whether or not the Beaumont Independent School District negligently entrusted a bus driver who caused a collision two years ago. Plaintiffs Cynthia Barrett and...
View ArticleSuits coming in over disabled cruise ship nightmare at sea
It took less than a day after the crippled cruise ship Carnival Triumph returned to port for passengers to begin filing lawsuits over their four-day nightmare at sea. Cassie Terry, of Brazoria County,...
View ArticleSuit alleges doctor failed to use meds that could have saved woman’s life
The daughter of a recently deceased woman has filed suit against one of her mother’s doctors, alleging her mother died because the doctor failed to place her on a medication that could have saved her...
View ArticleTexas AG supports law to strengthen right-to-work
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott joined state Sen. Kel Seliger and state Rep. Charles “Doc” Anderson on Wednesday in expressing support for legislation to strengthen the...
View ArticleLumberton church dismissed from suit alleging child fell through stair railing
A Lumberton church has been dismissed from a suit brought over injuries to a child who slipped through the railing on a stairway and fell 15 feet. As previously reported, Crystal and Marc Reed, acting...
View ArticleMay trial slated for defendants who rear-ended school bus
A Mother’s Day trial may be in store for the mom who sued the driver she claims rear-ended her son’s school bus. As previously reported, Gwendolyn Comeaux filed suit against Jermaine Morris on March...
View ArticleMedical providers non-suited from suit alleging inadequate burn treatment
Beaumont resident Miyoka Brown has non-suited several medical providers from her suit, which alleged the former defendants did not adequately treat her burned foot. As previously reported, the suit was...
View ArticleCardinal Health transfers death threat case
A suit field because of an alleged death threat made against a former Cardinal Health Pharmacy Services employee has been transferred to federal court. As previously reported, on Dec. 12, 2011, Crystal...
View ArticleBicycle collision lawsuit ends in plaintiff’s favor
GALVESTON – A January 2012 lawsuit arising from a collision involving a bicyclist recently came to a close. Galveston County jurors heard the case between plaintiff James Lovell and defendant Karen...
View ArticleFirst suit over Carnival Triumph debacle filed in Galveston
GALVESTON – A Collin County woman filed Galveston County’s first lawsuit over the recent Carnival Triumph disaster, recent court records show. Kathy Marie Armstrong was among 4,000 passengers and crew...
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