Monthly Archives: June 2008

Seaman sues four defendants in Jones Act case

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M/V Ms Mary

Clint Guidry, a Louisiana resident, was working as a seaman aboard the M/V Ms Mary when he became injured.
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F.E.L.A./Jones Act, Jefferson County, News

‘Record’ takes holiday break from print edition

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As America takes a holiday for Independence Day this Friday, we at the Southeast Texas Record will be celebrating too. Read More »

Community events, Jefferson County, News

AGs celebrate landmark firearms ruling

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Greg Abbott

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Legal Newsline) – A victory for firearms makers, gun enthusiasists and the Second Amendment Thursday was also a victory for a group of state attorneys general.
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Civil Rights/Discrimination, Federal Court, News

Recent business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County

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Recent business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County, June 19-25, 2008 Read More »

Business, Jefferson County, News

Sally Beauty to pay woman $30K for unlawful hiring practices

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An African American woman who said a West Orange beauty supplier denied her employment so it could meet its quota of white employees has received a settlement from a suit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed on her behalf.
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Civil Rights/Discrimination, Federal Court, News

ExxonMobil to pay $1M jury award to woman who chopped off fingers

Minutes before they began deliberating, plaintiff’s attorney Brett Thomas told jurors that if they didn’t award his client $3.7 million for inadvertently sticking her hand in a rotary feeder, ExxonMobil executives would throw a party.
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Jefferson County, News, Personal Injury

Insurance companies respond to Colossus class action severance

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TEXARKANA, Ark. � Newly severed defendants in the Colossus class action — USAA and ANPAC Insurance Companies — have filed emergency motions for the Miller County Circuit Court to reconsider and vacate the Severance Order and to stay the case pending appellate review.
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Class Action, News, Ark." rel="category tag">Texarkana, Ark.

Law firm sued for failing to litigate med-mal case

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UTMB

GALVESTON � Two local physicians narrowly escaped a malpractice suit, but the attorneys who failed to litigate are not so lucky.
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Galveston County, Lawyers/Law Firms, News

With dismissal of discrimination suit, Galveston schools closer to unitary status

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GALVESTON � A local school district will soon find itself spending a lot less time in U.S. District Court.
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Civil Rights/Discrimination, Federal Court, News

GM sued after sports car rollover

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MARSHALL — While driving a 2007 Saturn Sky, Stephen Slider lost control and hit a concrete culvert, causing the vehicle to roll over.
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Federal Court, News, Product liability