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Company fears losing customers after employee began competing business
Face-of-Scuba-DiverA marine diving company is asking the court for help to prevent it from losing what it claims could be a substantial number of customers after one of its former employees began his...
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Suit between independent agent, insurance companies set for trial in May
FaggardLitigation brought by a Jefferson County insurance agent claiming numerous insurance companies breached their contract with him to extort money has been slated for trial in May. As previously...
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Seaman hurt while stowing product sues for more than $200K
PleziaWhile stowing product, Ghi Nguyen, a deckhand, somehow injured himself. On March 13 Nguyen filed suit under the Jones Act against Trans Express and Ba Tran in Jefferson County District Court,...
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Petition seeks man’s asbestos exposure history at Chevron
HydeOrange resident Vera Perry has filed a petition to perpetuate the testimony of Mayo Perry, who allegedly suffers from lung cancer. Through Provost Umphrey attorney Keith Hyde, the petition was...
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Agreed take nothing judgment entered in med-mal against Beaumont Bone
knee-xrayAn agreed take nothing judgment has been entered in a medical malpractice complaint. Last February, Jacqueline Freeman filed suit against Beaumont Bone & Joint Institute and Dr. Shawn...
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Jefferson Refinery accused of failing to pay company more than $160,000
RefineryA consulting company has filed suit against Jefferson Refinery, alleging the company failed to pay for more than $160,000 worth of services it provided. ENGlobal US alleges it engaged in...
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Woman blames hospital employees for causing her husband’s death
medical-malpracticeA California woman claims doctors at an Austin hospital failed to adequately care for her husband, causing him to sustain fatal brain injuries after he struck his head during a...
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Collin County woman sues Wells Fargo for not submitting to Bankruptcy Court...
wells-fargo.gi.topMARSHALL – A Collin County woman has filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo claiming that the bank will not stop pulling her credit report and has refused to submit to bankruptcy court...
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$11K debt sought by Stellar Recovery
credit-cardsStellar Recovery has filed a lawsuit against Beaumont local Troy Webber, alleging he refuses to pay a credit card balance of more than $11,000. The suit was filed March 18 in Jefferson...
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Seaman’s slip-and-fall nets $1.7M jury verdict
SchechterAlthough jurors found Quinton Henderson – a seaman who filed two slip-and-fall suits within a year’s time – 30 percent negligent in causing his own injuries, he was still awarded him more...
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Gold Club non-suited from bouncer assault suit
Bouncer3A suit alleging a Gold Club bouncer exceeded the limits of his job duty by sucker punching Johnathan Osborne has been dismissed with prejudice. As previously reported, Osborne filed his suit...
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Maintenance worker sues for overtime wages
timecardSHERMAN – A maintenance worker has filed a lawsuit against his former employer claiming the company failed to pay him overtime wages in violation of federal law. Ernest Johnson filed suit...
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U.S. SC rules against class-action lawyers in case over monetary stipulation
BreyerWASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The U.S. Supreme Court has shot down efforts by plaintiff lawyers to place monetary limits on class action lawsuits in an effort to keep the lawsuits in “hellhole”...
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Legally Speaking: Still more disorder in the court
BrowningThere seems to be a never-ending flow of weirdness permeating the justice system, as regular readers of “Legally Speaking” know. Strange litigants, odd lawsuits, bizarre crimes and even judges...
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Okay, so maybe it wasn’t quite 44,510 . . .
our-view-150Hyperbole sounds more impressive than litotes, but the latter is less likely to blow up in your face. In other words, exaggeration garners more attention than understatement, but it can...
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Auto-pedestrian collision caused woman to give birth prematurely, suit alleges
shopping-cartGALVESTON – A local woman claims she, her son and unborn child were involved in an auto-pedestrian accident almost two years ago, recent court documents say. In a lawsuit filed March 21...
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Local woman sues Premiere Cinema after husband dies from head injury
Premiere Cinema 11GALVESTON – An area woman alleges her late husband sustained a fatal head injury last year at a Galveston movie theater and has filed a lawsuit. Ilene Corr, widow of Charles “Dick”...
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New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County
Open_sign-150License #: 82910 Assumed Name: NANA’S CRAFTS Business Type: PROPRIETORSHIP Date Filed: 3/14/2013 Owner Name: HUDGINS, LORI License #: 82911 Assumed Name: TAM AUTO REPAIR Business Type:...
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Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas
Patent-lightbulbMarshall Division of the Eastern District of Texas March 18 • Rotatable Technologies v. Burns & McDonnell Inc. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00215 Rotatable Technologies is a limited...
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State Rep. Reynolds charged with 7 others in barratry scheme
ReynoldsA Texas lawyer and lawmaker has been charged with participating in an ambulance-chasing scheme with at least seven other attorneys. State Rep. Ron Reynolds, D-Missouri City, was charged with...
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