http://setexasrecord.com Southeast Texas' Legal Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 03:18:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://setexasrecord.com/arguments/285423-home-ownership-is-not-for-everyone http://setexasrecord.com/arguments/285423-home-ownership-is-not-for-everyone#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 03:18:37 +0000 admin http://setexasrecord.com/?p=285423 our-viewLike a college education, home ownership has been oversold.  It may be nice to have a college degree and the title to a house, but the idea that everyone should have at least one of each is unrealistic. Not everyone … Read More »]]> http://setexasrecord.com/arguments/285423-home-ownership-is-not-for-everyone/feed 0 http://setexasrecord.com/news/285207-houston-man-sues-union-after-losing-board-position-allegedly-because-of-race http://setexasrecord.com/news/285207-houston-man-sues-union-after-losing-board-position-allegedly-because-of-race#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 03:14:42 +0000 John Suayan, Galveston Bureau http://setexasrecord.com/?p=285207 Gavel-judgeHOUSTON – Alleging that racial discrimination caused him to lose out on a higher position with a union, Houston resident Terry Stewart has filed a lawsuit. Recent court documents filed May 13 in the Houston Division of the Southern District … Read More »]]> http://setexasrecord.com/news/285207-houston-man-sues-union-after-losing-board-position-allegedly-because-of-race/feed 0 http://setexasrecord.com/news/285231-nurse-claims-lake-jackson-hospital-wrongfully-fired-her-for-threatening-co-worker http://setexasrecord.com/news/285231-nurse-claims-lake-jackson-hospital-wrongfully-fired-her-for-threatening-co-worker#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 03:09:00 +0000 John Suayan, Galveston Bureau http://setexasrecord.com/?p=285231 FMLAGALVESTON – A Brazoria County woman claims The Community Hospital of Brazosport wrongfully fired her for threatening a co-worker and has filed a lawsuit, recent court documents say. The suit, filed May 14 in the Galveston Division of the Southern … Read More »]]> http://setexasrecord.com/news/285231-nurse-claims-lake-jackson-hospital-wrongfully-fired-her-for-threatening-co-worker/feed 0 http://setexasrecord.com/news/285253-la-marque-man-sued-over-july-2012-accident-faces-second-lawsuit http://setexasrecord.com/news/285253-la-marque-man-sued-over-july-2012-accident-faces-second-lawsuit#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 03:08:05 +0000 John Suayan, Galveston Bureau http://setexasrecord.com/?p=285253 EdwardsGALVESTON – A La Marque man who was sued earlier this month for allegedly causing a wreck which sent a woman into a wall is facing another lawsuit. Arcenio Medrano-Escobar, who Ceava D. Laster blames for the July 2012 accident … Read More »]]> http://setexasrecord.com/news/285253-la-marque-man-sued-over-july-2012-accident-faces-second-lawsuit/feed 0 http://setexasrecord.com/news/285258-plaintiffs-voluntary-dismissal-closes-cyberbullying-lawsuit http://setexasrecord.com/news/285258-plaintiffs-voluntary-dismissal-closes-cyberbullying-lawsuit#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 03:07:35 +0000 John Suayan, Galveston Bureau http://setexasrecord.com/?p=285258 person-at-computerHOUSTON – The plaintiff in a lawsuit targeting an anonymous blogger at her school ended the litigation last month. Houston resident Tara Wilson entered a voluntary dismissal into her suit against the author of “Tulane Watch” on April 24. Wilson … Read More »]]> http://setexasrecord.com/news/285258-plaintiffs-voluntary-dismissal-closes-cyberbullying-lawsuit/feed 0 http://setexasrecord.com/news/285256-houston-federal-court-dismisses-harris-co-residents-claims-against-usps http://setexasrecord.com/news/285256-houston-federal-court-dismisses-harris-co-residents-claims-against-usps#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 03:06:39 +0000 John Suayan, Galveston Bureau http://setexasrecord.com/?p=285256 bicycle_crashHOUSTON – A Harris County man’s lawsuit arising from a January 2011 two-vehicle accident with a U.S. Postal Service worker was recently disposed with a U.S. District Court judge siding with the defendants, recent court records show. Houston federal judge … Read More »]]> http://setexasrecord.com/news/285256-houston-federal-court-dismisses-harris-co-residents-claims-against-usps/feed 0 http://setexasrecord.com/news/285261-first-american-denies-firing-manager-for-complaining-about-sexual-harassment http://setexasrecord.com/news/285261-first-american-denies-firing-manager-for-complaining-about-sexual-harassment#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 03:05:19 +0000 John Suayan, Galveston Bureau http://setexasrecord.com/?p=285261 NeighborsHOUSTON – First American Home Buyers Protection Corp. submitted its formal response to a former employee’s lawsuit alleging wrongful termination for resisting a supervisor’s advances. An original answer filed April 25 in Houston federal court acknowledges that plaintiff Macy Alexis … Read More »]]> http://setexasrecord.com/news/285261-first-american-denies-firing-manager-for-complaining-about-sexual-harassment/feed 0 http://setexasrecord.com/news/285307-lifeguards-sexual-harassment-suit-remanded-to-harris-co http://setexasrecord.com/news/285307-lifeguards-sexual-harassment-suit-remanded-to-harris-co#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 03:04:44 +0000 John Suayan, Galveston Bureau http://setexasrecord.com/?p=285307 RussellHOUSTON – A Humble woman’s sexual harassment lawsuit was recently remanded to a state district court, recent court records show. U.S. District Court Judge Vanessa D. Gilmore issued an order sending Macie Wyly’s case against Life Time Fitness Inc. back … Read More »]]> http://setexasrecord.com/news/285307-lifeguards-sexual-harassment-suit-remanded-to-harris-co/feed 0 http://setexasrecord.com/news/285313-jack-co-man-claims-galveston-police-used-taser-on-him-during-arrest http://setexasrecord.com/news/285313-jack-co-man-claims-galveston-police-used-taser-on-him-during-arrest#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 03:04:09 +0000 John Suayan, Galveston Bureau http://setexasrecord.com/?p=285313 Galveston PD-patchGALVESTON – A Jack County man is suing the city of Galveston over an arrest which allegedly culminated in the use of a Taser two months ago, recent court documents say. Jarrett Anthony Neu’s lawsuit, filed May 15 in the … Read More »]]> http://setexasrecord.com/news/285313-jack-co-man-claims-galveston-police-used-taser-on-him-during-arrest/feed 0 http://setexasrecord.com/news/285316-longshoreman-sues-over-back-injury-caused-by-loose-mooring-line http://setexasrecord.com/news/285316-longshoreman-sues-over-back-injury-caused-by-loose-mooring-line#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 02:59:34 +0000 John Suayan, Galveston Bureau http://setexasrecord.com/?p=285316 EilandGALVESTON – Claiming a mooring line struck him in the back while he waited to board a ship, Jorge Lozano seeks damages. Lozano filed a lawsuit against Odfjell (UK) Limited and Conti 172 Schiffarts GMBH & Co. in the Galveston … Read More »]]> http://setexasrecord.com/news/285316-longshoreman-sues-over-back-injury-caused-by-loose-mooring-line/feed 0