News Category Archives: News

Electric company wrongly accused man of tampering with meter, according to court documents

A Port Arthur man says his electric company wrongly accused him of tampering with his meter. Michael James Milson filed a lawsuit May 14 in Jefferson County District Court against Entergy Texas.  In his complaint, Milson claims Entergy wrongly removed … Read More »

Defamation, Jefferson County, News, Personal Injury

Scalding bathwater causes man’s death, court documents claim

The relative of a recently deceased man has filed suit against the man’s former caretaker after she allegedly left him in scalding bathwater. According to court documents, the man died from second and third degree burns he sustained during the … Read More »

Jefferson County, News, Product liability, Wrongful Death

Class action lawsuit argues Motel 6 pools inaccessible to disabled guests

HOUSTON – G6 Hospitality Property LLC is facing a class action lawsuit alleging it is not complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The litigation, initiated May 20 in the Houston Division of the Southern District of Texas by plaintiff … Read More »

Civil Rights/Discrimination, Class Action, Federal Court, News

Longtime Galveston state rep. decides to not seek re-election

GALVESTON – A local attorney who has had a presence in the Texas House of Representatives for the past 20 years decided to make his current term his last. A. Craig Eiland, D-Galveston, said on May 22 that he is … Read More »

Austin/Legislature, Campaigns & Elections, Galveston County, Insurance, Lawyers/Law Firms, News

Suit against STI for damage suffered to rental equipment dismissed

Last summer, Fireman’s Fund Insurance, as subrogee of RSC Equipment Rental, sued Southeast Texas Industries, alleging the company is responsible for rental equipment damaged during Hurricane Ike. As previously reported, the suit was filed July 16 in Jefferson County District … Read More »

Contract, Jefferson County, News

Centerpoint Energy transfers venue in collision suit

Centerpoint Energy, a defendant in an automobile collision suit, recently had a motion seeking to transfer venue from Jefferson County to Harris County granted.  As preciously reported, Beaumont local Jamekia Kone and two of her minor children filed suit against … Read More »

Forum shopping/Venue, Jefferson County, News, Personal Injury-Motor Vehicle

Ninth Court affirms eminent domain powers of TransCanada Keystone Pipeline

A Texas appeals court has ruled that a Beaumont judge did not err when he granted a foreign company’s petition to condemn land for the construction of a crude oil pipeline. TransCanada is constructing the Keystone Pipeline to carry crude from Alberta, … Read More »

Appeals Court, Eminent domain, Jefferson County, News, Oil & Gas

Hurricane Ike trial: Jurors hit National Lloyds with $915K verdict

A Jefferson County jury recently found National Lloyds Insurance committed deceptive trade practices in the handling of a policy claim following Hurricane Ike, awarding the plaintiff nearly a million dollars in damages. For almost a month, a dozen area residents … Read More »

Consumer Fraud/Deceptive Trade, Insurance, Jefferson County, News

Benzene suit against 18 companies slated for trial in summer of 2014

On May 23 a discovery control plan order was entered in litigation filed on behalf of the late David Landry Jr., whose family members claim he develop multiple myeloma from benzene exposure. As previously reported, on Feb. 27 David Landry … Read More »

Benzene, Jefferson County, News, Personal Injury

Galveston Co. judge arrested, charged with alleged abuse of office

GALVESTON – A Galveston County judge who has been in the midst of controversy for quite some time was recently arrested and indicted by a local Grand Jury. Galveston County Court at Law No. 3 Judge Christopher Dupuy faces eight … Read More »

Criminal Law, Galveston County, Judges/Judicial Appointments, News