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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Charges dropped against Texas SC justice’s wife
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline)-Felony arson criminal mischief charges have dismissed against Francisca Medina, the wife of Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday the charges were being dropped due to insufficient evidence. Prosecutors say … Read More
Criminal Law, News, Texas Supreme CourtAppeals court rules ship laborer not seaman under Jones Act
A maintenance laborer who occasionally works on a boat is technically not a seaman and unable to sue under the Jones Act, the Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals ruled on Monday, Aug. 31. In September 2006, Paul Bailey fell … Read More
Appeals Court, F.E.L.A./Jones Act, NewsDeputy will get full compensation for injury time off, appeals court says
After years of litigation, a new trial and several trips to an appeals court, a Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy will recover the full pay he claims he is owed for time lost after a work-related injury. Read More
Appeals Court, Labor/Wages, NewsTexas Supreme Court cites limits to med-mal law
Medina
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline)-The Medical malpractice law in Texas does not extend to claims unrelated to treatment, the state Supreme Court ruled last week.
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18 companies named as defendants in recent asbestos suit
Blevins
A man and his wife have filed an asbestos suit against 18 defendant corporations, claiming the asbestos-related disease with which the man was diagnosed was wrongfully caused.
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UP worker says hip injury due to jumping on and off trains
A Bexar County man has filed suit against Union Pacific Railroad Co., alleging he sustained injuries to his hip after he was forced to jump on and off moving objects. Glen Savoie claims he worked for Union Pacific, and as … Read More
Jefferson County, News, Personal Injury9/09 172 cd
DONNA CARLSEN ET AL VS KOLANDER CORP ET AL (P)FERGUSON, TIMOTHY W;METCALF, ALEXANDER D-(D)NO ATTORNEY AT THIS TIME;MURPHREY, JEFF;MCMURTRIE, TIMOTHY D;HILTY, AMANDA S;GORMAN, E JOHN;PIERSON, WILL W;MCGINNIS, PATRICK C ELDWIN L GARRETT VS BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY (P)MCGUIRE, CLINT E-(D)POOLE, DOUGLAS … Read More
The DocketHouston attorney on trial for using bribery to get big settlements for silica cases
A Houston attorney is currently on trial for allegedly bribing insurance company employees to settle silica-related lawsuits. Warren Todd Hoeffner, 44, a Houston plaintiffs’ attorney, was indicted in June 2007 with two former Hartford Insurance Co. employees on 14 felony … Read More
Federal Court, Lawyers/Law Firms, NewsInmate sentenced for threatening East Texas federal judge
U.S. District Judge David Folsom
An inmate already serving time in a Texas state correctional facility has now been sentenced to more than three years in a federal prison for threatening a U.S. district judge in Texarkana.
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