Woman claims Denton Wal-Mart bathrooms not ADA accessible
handicap bathroomSHERMAN – An Illinois resident has filed a lawsuit claiming that a Denton Wal-Mart was not handicapped accessible. Jonna Bloodworth and Jaime Blanton filed suit against Wal-Mart Real...
View ArticleBowie County woman sues after witnessing cousin’s death in collision on I-30
truck-headonTEXARKANA – After witnessing the death of her cousin in a motor vehicle accident, Autum Davis Steinhilber filed a lawsuit against Drive Logistics Ltd. and Marc Normand Simard on June 12 in...
View ArticleMan says niece and company defrauded him of nearly $250K
GremillionAn Orange County man has filed suit against his niece, alleging she engaged in fraud when she convinced him to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars with her, but subsequently failed to...
View ArticleOrange Co. woman sues insurance company following fire at business
firemanAn Orange County woman claims her insurance company significantly underpaid her for catastrophic damages caused to her property during a fire. Danna O’Quinn filed a lawsuit June 26 in...
View ArticleBank alleges Beaumont medical supply company owes it more than $300K
CommunityBankEDITOR’S NOTE: This is a reprint of a story first appearing in the Record on June 17, 2013. The reprint clarifies the defendant as Quality Medical Equipment and Supply of Beaumont, not to...
View ArticleLegally Speaking: Like Noah’s ark, everything in twos
BrowningMy little old Irish grandmother used to say that bad things came in “threes.” Experience a death or serious illness in the family lately? Lose your job? Well, she would say, that’s not the...
View ArticleLawyer for plaintiffs in BP case known as a Renaissance man in legal community
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) — Samuel Issacharoff, the New York University School of Law professor who is representing a group of class action plaintiffs against oil giant BP, often is described as a...
View ArticleParties in water ride lawsuit argue over proper venue
HullGALVESTON – The parties in a lawsuit arising from a 2011 incident at a Galveston water park are at odds over which jurisdiction should handle the litigation. Magnolia resident Naseem Akhter is...
View ArticleBP plaintiffs lawyer once represented Scruggs
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) — One of the lawyers representing a group of class action plaintiffs against oil giant BP also helped represent disgraced Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs....
View ArticleNew York Times columnist disparages BP claims administrator
NEW ORLEANS – New York Times columnist Joe Nocera published a biting op-ed yesterday on the BP claims settlement process for businesses who were affected by the 2010 oil spill as run by Patrick...
View ArticleJefferson Co. sued for employee’s crash
JeffCo_sealBeaumont local Kendra Youmans is suing the county where she resides, alleging she was injured in an automobile collision caused by a county employee. Youmans filed her suit against...
View ArticleInsurance company sues county to recover damages following insured’s crash
stop-sign-1As subrogee of Eastern Fishing & Rental Tool, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance has filed suit against Jefferson County, seeking to recover benefits paid to it’s insured following an...
View ArticleOrder for non-suit ends vehicle rights lawsuit
GALVESTON – A trial to determine the true ownership of a 2008 Chrysler Model 300 is unnecessary as a Galveston County judge recently issued an order for non-suit into the case. The order, signed by...
View ArticleMuslim Pakistani store manager files discrimination lawsuit against CVS
HOUSTON – CVS Caremark Corp. and CVS Pharmacy Inc. face a discrimination lawsuit from one of their store managers. In court papers filed July 9 in Houston federal court, Moazzam Pirzada accuses the...
View ArticleHar-Con wants lawsuit against it to be heard in Harris Co.
GALVESTON – Har-Con Mechanical Contractors LLC is asking a local state district judge to remove a lawsuit against it to Harris County, recent court records show. The business filed a motion to transfer...
View ArticleKemah family blamed for pellet gun incident says accident was ‘unavoidable’
GALVESTON – A Kemah family implicated in a recent lawsuit alleging that one of the sons shot an acquaintance with a pellet gun has contended the plaintiffs’ claims. Lyman, Marie, Will and Jimmy Dolan...
View ArticleJohn Moore insists it did not install defective HVAC system at Texas City...
GALVESTON – An air conditioning services provider recently issued a formal response to a Texas City couple’s lawsuit against it. John Moore Services Inc. filed an original answer to Cye and Maurice...
View ArticleFormer Willis ISD student alleges girls basketball coach sexually assaulted her
HOUSTON – A woman who used to attend Willis High School in unincorporated Montgomery County alleges she was sexually assaulted by one of its teachers a few years ago, recent court documents say....
View ArticleConsultant says termination for modifying equipment rooted in gender...
HOUSTON – Harris County resident Kristina Eaton recently took Johnson & Johnson Inc., Depuy Synthes Sales Inc. and Synthes USA Sales LLC to court for firing her because of her gender, court records...
View ArticleDiscovery continues in suit filed by man who fell off ladder
The discovery process continues in a suit brought by a Hardin County man who claims he lost consciousness and fell off a ladder. Ziemianski As previously reported, Corey Babineaux filed suit against...
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