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Monthly Archives: October 2007
Shocked worker says live wire unmarked, sues ship builder
While installing an HVAC system on board a ship, Robert Snider brushed against a wire and says electricity began coursing through his body. Snider claims the live wire was unmarked and is seeking more than $100,000 for his injuries from Orange Shipbuilding Company Inc. and Rio Marine Inc.
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Discrimination trial against Dillard’s begins in Jefferson County
For more than a decade, Dillard’s department stores have made national headlines after the apparel distributor was accused of racially discriminating against African American customers. Shortly after the news spread, lawsuits started popping up across the country.
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Entergy trial focuses on franchise fees
The city of Port Arthur will ask jurors to make Entergy honor a 43-year-old franchise agreement and force the electricity provider to pay the city hundreds of thousands of dollars in allegedly unpaid franchise fees.
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Texas mediation system in need of reform, law professor tells Beaumont group
James Alfini
Mediation based on party self-determination is becoming threatened by current practices and the “colonization” of the dispute resolution arena by attorneys, the president of a Southeast Texas law school said recently to a legal group in Beaumont.
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Gerson honored for commitment to mediation
Believing that not all cases need to go to court, Judge Al Gerson was the first judge in Jefferson County to adopt a local rule requiring mediation in appeals filed in small claims litigation.
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Cooper Tire denies worker injury due to negligence
TEXARKANA � When Cooper Tire’s union workers went on strike in March 2005, Zane Franks was moved from his laboratory technician position to the mixing department. Claiming he had no experience and received no training, Franks became entangled in a machine and injured his right arm.
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Second suit filed for machinist’s asbestos disease
Bryan Blevins
When he was alive, William Holmes sued and received a settlement for an asbestos-related disease. Now deceased, Holmes’ benefactor is suing on his behalf for a different asbestos-related disease.
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Suit filed over drowning at Smith Lake
Aimee Varner lost her life this summer when she drowned at Smith Lake Swimming Park in Orange County. Seeking financial compensation for her death, Chad Landry, Varner’s benefactor, is suing the swimming park and its owners/employees, claiming Smith Lake lifeguards … Read More
News, Orange County, Wrongful DeathOrange suit blames benzene for man’s leukemia
D’Juana Parks
Family members of the late Archie Dubose are claiming their benefactor’s leukemia was caused by benzene exposure and are suing his former employers.
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Drug user files discrimination suit, seeks $5.5 M from Army Depot
TEXARKANA — Oklahoma resident Eric Payne says THC found in his system was by prescription, and therefore he was wrongfully terminated as an illegal drug user by the Red River Army Depot. Acting as his own attorney, Payne is suing … Read More
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