Monthly Archives: August 2011

Patent company has big case, no office

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The directory in Ogma’s building

LONGVIEW (Legal Newsline) � By some accounts, freshly formed Ogma LLC is a legitimate company in the business of making legitimate patent infringement claims. What the company appears to lack, however, is a legitimate office.
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Federal Court, News, Patent

Rolling Frito-Lay sued for truck driver’s collision

Area resident Brittny Self has filed suit against Rolling Frito-Lay Sales and one of the company’s truck drivers, Darrell Barbosa, who allegedly struck her vehicle. The suit was filed Aug. 26 in Jefferson County District Court. Court records show that … Read More »

Jefferson County, News, Personal Injury-Motor Vehicle

Insurer sues motorist who struck pedestrian policyholder

Hoping to recoup $88,000 in benefits paid, American Home Assurance Co. has filed suit against David and Janice Pippin � the couple it holds responsible for the injury claim. The suit was filed Aug. 25 in Jefferson County District Court. … Read More »

Jefferson County, News, Personal Injury-Motor Vehicle

Widow sues ExxonMobil for husband’s asbestos-related death

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Beaumont resident Florence Woodard, the widow of Andrew Woodard, has filed suit against her husband’s former employer, Exxon Mobil, for exposing him to asbestos.
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Asbestos, Jefferson County, News

Slippery meat aisle results in suit against Wal-Mart

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While strolling through the meat department at the Port Arthur Wal-Mart, Mary Jane Bonura slipped and fell on a water puddle leaking from a cooler.
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Jefferson County, News, Personal Injury

Legally Speaking: Legal Nonsense

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“I’m afraid this dreadful nonsense is the law.”
Justice Strauss in Lemony Snicket’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events (Volume One: The Bad Beginning)”
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Arguments, Their View, Tort Reform

Med-mal plaintiffs seek to quash physicians’ depositions

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Claiming her medical records are irrelevant, the family of the late Judy Gregory, who sued Dr. Ezea Ede for medical malpractice in January, recently filed a motion to quash.
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Jefferson County, Med-Mal, News

New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County

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New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County, Aug. 18-24, 2011. Read More »

Business, Jefferson County, News

Star Bar non-suited from dancing woman’s trip & fall suit

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Texas Star Bar

The Star Bar has been non-suited from litigation brought by Kathryn Gober, who fell flat on her face while exiting the dance floor at the Crockett Street nightspot.
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Jefferson County, News, Personal Injury

Texas SC overturns $8M Vioxx verdict

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Hecht

AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) – The Texas Supreme Court on Friday overturned a huge jury award in favor of a Texas man who died after briefly taking Vioxx, an arthritis drug Merck & Co. eventually pulled from the market.

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News, Product liability, Texas Supreme Court