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Coldspring secretary on hook for damages, costs after state appeals court dismisses sexual discrimination and workplace harassment lawsuits
BEAUMONT (SE Texas Record) — Coldspring City Secretary Suzann Boudreaux is on the hook for damages and costs in what a city councilman called "a frivolous" sexual discrimination and workplace harassment recently dismissed by a state appeals court. -
Man alleges false positive on drug drug test by Psychemedics cost job
HOUSTON – A San Jacinto County resident alleges he lost his job because of a false positive on a drug test. -
Man claims Lowe's sold him faulty ladder, defect caused 'substantial injuries'
HOUSTON – A San Jacinto County man sued Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC for allegedly selling him a faulty ladder two years ago. -
Houston Northwest Operating Co. LLC, others named in wrongful death suit
HOUSTON – A San Jacinto County woman alleges her decedent's condition was not properly and timely monitored before his death. -
Battle between Rent-A-Center and customers headed to arbitration
BEAUMONT – A lawsuit filed against Rent-A-Center Texas LP (RAC) in connection with a dispute between an RAC employee and husband and wife customers will go to arbitration after the Court of Appeals for the 9th District of Texas at Beaumont overturned an order denying the company’s motion to compel arbitration. -
Insurance company battles San Jacinto County over bond dispute
HOUSTON – An insurance company is suing San Jacinto County in an effort to get out of paying a performance bond in connection with a failed construction project, -
Man sues Lowe's over alleged injuries after falling in storage shed
A San Jacinto County man has cited both a retail home improvement store chain and manufacturer of home improvement products for injures he allegedly sustained in a 2013 fall at one of the chain's stores. -
Polk County man files negligence claim over motorcycle crash
A Polk County man has filed a negligence claim after an alleged motorcycle crash in San Jacinto County. Neil Allen Darby filed a lawsuit against Transco Express Corp., Johnny Ray Thrasher Jr. and Danny Madden on Aug. 19 in the Houston Division of the Southern District of Texas. According to the complaint, Darby was driving his motorcycle on U.S. Highway 59 in San Jacinto County just after noon Oct -
San Jac Co. wreck caused by truck stuck under overpass, lawsuit says
HOUSTON - A two-vehicle crash in San Jacinto County in November 2011 is the subject of a Smith County man's federal lawsuit. -
Aaron's employee says hostile work environment prompted resignation
HOUSTON - A San Jacinto County woman alleges she experienced sexual harassment which culminated in a superior's drunken attempt to get her to have sex with him at a hotel while she was employed with Aaron's Inc. and has filed suit against the national furniture rental chain. -
18-wheeler owner, driver sued for causing motor vehicle collision
Fletcher Two residents of San Jacinto County have filed a lawsuit against the driver and owner of an 18 wheeler that was involved in a severe collision in Cleveland, Texas. -
Man says San Jacinto County arrested wrong man due to name mixup
HOUSTON - A Polk County man has filed suit against San Jacinto County over an arrest earlier this year he believes was "unlawful." -
Judge affirms: The rights of citizens trump the rights of flowers
"This evening, I saw a small animal in the middle of La Jolla. It was a baby Bobcat!!! When the Bobcat saw the car it scampered into the woods to safety. Soon those woods will be converted to houses and the poor Bobcats will have to move onto our Preserves and Sanctuaries in order to survive the onslaught of 'civilization.'" � George H. Russell, WaterwoodNews.com, March 3, 2006 -
Patch of wildflowers blossoms into legal dispute
Cultivating flowers along a road might count as free speech, but a road crew can cut them down anyway, Ninth District appellate judges ruled on Nov. 17. -
Legally Speaking: Scents and Sensibility-When Evidence Doesn't Pass the Smell Test (Part 4)
The National Research Council, in its 2009 report concluded that our nation's forensic sciences system is "badly fragmented" and lacking in strong standards by which the reliability of forensic methods and evidence can be measured. -
Legally Speaking: Scents and Sensibility-When Evidence Doesn't Pass the Smell Test (Part 3)
In the previous installments in this series, we examined the controversial use of so-called "dog-scent lineups" in Texas, and how they've resulted in the wrongful accusation and jailing of innocent people. -
Seaman sues barge company over back injury
GALVESTON - A seaman from San Jacinto County is suing his employer over a back injury he suffered while working aboard a ship more than a year ago. -
Cook blames pirate attack on employer, shipowner
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - The cook on a ship that was recently taken over by Somali pirates has filed a lawsuit against the shipowner and his employer. -
Appeals court says district judge had no jurisdiction in custody case
Six years ago, San Jacinto County District Judge Michael Mayes granted two women joint custody of twins that one bore through artificial insemination, but now that the women have split up it turns out that Mayes made a mistake and the mother retained full custody all along.