Monthly Archives: November 2008

This Just In: Recent civil suits filed in Jefferson County District Courts

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Recent civil suits filed in Jefferson County District Courts, Nov.13-19, 2008 Read More »

Jefferson County, News, This Just In

Case over fall in hospital parking lot ends in mistrial

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For the second time in just 13 months, Jefferson County jurors were tasked to decide if a non-profit hospital endangered visitors by refusing to paint an unmarked curb that at least two people claim to have tripped on.
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Jefferson County, News, Personal Injury

Fannie, Freddie ride foreclosure freeze tide

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Legal Newsline)–As Capitol Hill remains under siege from all sides of America’s faltering economy, pressure to stem the tide of foreclosures continued to make inroads as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac became the latest to join the foreclosure freeze movement.
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Federal Court, Foreclosure, News

High court revisits Texas well pooling, lease practices

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Justice Scott Brister

AUSTIN � Retired lawyer Jane Turner Sheppard struck a bonanza when a mineral lease on her property accidentally expired, but the Texas Supreme Court won’t let her collect on her lucky strike.
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News, Oil & Gas, Texas Supreme Court

Texas SC finds Louisiana law should have been applied in Texas case

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AUSTIN � In a trial over three deaths from an oil well explosion in Louisiana, Harrison County District Judge Bonnie Leggat Hagan applied Texas law when she should have applied Louisiana law, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Nov. 21.
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Insurance, News, Texas Supreme Court

New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County

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New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County, Nov. 19-24, 2008 Read More »

Business, Jefferson County, News

Recent patent infringement suits filed in U.S. District Courts

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Patent infringement suits filed in the Eastern District of Texas, Nov. 19-25, 2008 Read More »

Federal Court, News, Patent

Texas company sues Apple for patent infringement in iPhone technology

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Apple Inc. has been called out by a Texas company that alleges the technology used by the iPhone to surf the Web infringes a patent the company obtained less than a month ago.
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Federal Court, News, Patent

Railroad employee sues UP over injury at rail yard

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A Nederland man has filed suit against Rescar and Union Pacific Railroad Co., alleging he was injured while transporting railroad cars on Rescar’s premises as part of his job as a UP employee.
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Jefferson County, News, Personal Injury

Mother’s suit alleges child hurt while at day care

A Beaumont woman has filed suit against Louise Hill and Hills Children Nursery individually and on behalf of her 19-month-old daughter, alleging her daughter was seriously injured after she fell while at the day care. Jasmine Dabney was at Hills … Read More »

Jefferson County, News, Personal Injury