New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County: 3/12 – 3/17
License #:7612 Assumed Name:THIS FIT FUEL Address:730 LIBERTY, SUITE A, BEAUMONT, TX, 77701 Owner Name:ALVERSON AARON License #:7640 Assumed Name:UNIVERSAL CELLULAR Address:1955 SAMS WAY, BEAUMONT,...
View ArticleJefferson County 172nd Court District: April 2015
MARCA WILSON ET AL V. DENISE LACHERRION ALLEN (P)BOND, J TRENTON -(D)SINGH, MANPREET K Floyd CITY OF NEDERLAND V ENTERGY GULF STATES INC ET AL (P)WIMBERLEY, JAMES EDWARD -(D)SIMMONS, LARRY JAMES JR...
View ArticleAuto collision suit settles before trial
Dugas Before a jury could be called up on Monday, a suit brought by a Jasper County man, who claims a truck driver struck his vehicle while he was attempting to evade a car that had come into his lane,...
View ArticleTort reform group urges Texans to support bill seeking to block out-of-state...
Sheets Dreading a return to when Texas was crowned “courthouse to the world,” a tort reform group is urging Lone Star residents to contact their representatives and ask them to support a bill crafted...
View ArticleHelping noncustodial parents find work, stay employed
By KEN PAXTON AUSTIN – The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) works to ensure that Texas parents provide their children with the resources they need to lead happy, healthy lives. Paxton To help make...
View ArticlePaul Ferguson and the one that got away
Every fisherman’s got one, an incredible tale of an almost record catch: the humongous fish that he battled with a small rod or a light line or a baitless hook, that he reeled in, and nearly had netted...
View ArticleAbbott asks 5th Circuit to deny Obama’s motion to stay order halting...
Obama On Feb. 16, a federal judge halted President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration, prompting the administration to call upon the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit earlier this...
View ArticleNinth Court won’t rehear Denbury common carrier case
Only two days after Denbury Green Pipeline-Texas asked for a rehearing of a ruling denying it common carrier status, the Texas Ninth Court of appeals overruled the request. Last month, justices...
View ArticleDugas takes lead in $1M auto collision suit
Dugas Beaumont attorney Clay Dugas has taken the lead in a suit brought by a Louisiana woman, who seeks more than $1 million in damages for injuries suffered in an automobile collision at the...
View ArticleTrial over red-light collision starts
Jury selection began Tuesday, March 24 in a lawsuit claiming a driver failed to obey a red traffic signal and caused an automobile collision. Hilda V. Bell filed suit against Dajore J. Marks on Feb....
View ArticleWoman trips over newspaper rack, sues Starbucks
While strolling through a Houston Starbucks nearly two years ago, Dena Wilhite tripped over a newspaper rack. On Friday, March 20 she filed suit against the coffee chain in the U.S. District Court for...
View ArticleState Farm hit with hailstorm suit 3 years after storm struck
Three years ago, a hailstorm allegedly damaged the home of local resident Bill Beresky Jr. On March 17, Beresky filed suit against State Farm Lloyds and three individuals in Jefferson County District...
View ArticleWoman who ran for office sues over improper termination
A Jefferson County resident brought suit against the county and the Precinct 3 Commissioner for improper termination after she ran unsuccessfully for Precinct 8 Justice of the Peace. Dawn Polk of Port...
View ArticleArm wrestling incident at gentleman’s club leads to lawsuit
An arm wrestling contest at a gentleman’s club has resulted in a lawsuit. Shawn Gregg of Galveston County filed a lawsuit March 10 against Carl Arceneaux and A and D Interests in Galveston County...
View ArticleParents blame bar, others for daughter’s death
A Jefferson County mother and father brought a lawsuit against a bar and two individuals, claiming negligence in their daughter’s death. Kristin Paris Beverly Paris, individually and as estate...
View ArticleCivil filings plummet in Jefferson County, tort reform and decline in toxic...
All across the vast state of Texas, civil filings continue to fade a little more each year in smaller counties, even in Jefferson County, a so called “judicial hellhole” in some circles. Earlier this...
View ArticleRecent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas
MARSHALL DIVISION March 23 Wetro Lan LLC v. Emerson Electric Co. 2:15-cv-00414-RWS-RSP Wetro Lan LLC v. Extreme Networks, Inc. 2:15-cv-00415-RWS-RSP Wetro Lan LLC v. Hacom LLC 2:15-cv-00416-RWS-RSP...
View ArticleJC jury renders $23K verdict in wreck trial
A brief automobile collision trial concluded Tuesday with the jury awarding more than $23,000 in damages. Plaintiff Hilda V. Bell filed suit against Dajore J. Marks on Feb. 12, 2013, in Jefferson...
View ArticleWoman sues individual for loan repayment
A Galveston County resident brought suit against a Harris County man for alleged breach of contract in a loan repayment. Rozell Vaughn filed against Tandy Duncan Little III, of Seabrook, on Dec. 23,...
View ArticleMan files religious rights case against employer
A senior analyst brought suit against his company on allegations of religious discrimination in his 2013 termination.Scott Schultz, of Illinois, filed against Rockwater Energy Solutions of Houston on...
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