Seven years ago, Southeast Texas trial lawyers blitzed the Jefferson County courthouse with a record 700 lawsuits in one month in response to Texas' tort reform laws passed in 2003.
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.
Wortham Hoping to save money, time and rapidly shrinking storage space, Jefferson County Commissioners stressed the importance for all district courts to start implementing the e-filing system during a July 22 budget hearing.
A local judge has dismissed the Beaumont Independent School District and Region 5 Education Service Center from wrongful death suits filed against them over a deadly crash in Mexico.
After a round trip through Texas' highest courts, a case over a business owner who wants to keep his attorney's hands out of his settlement landed back in the court where it all began for a new trial.
After a round trip through Texas' highest courts, a case over a business owner who wants to keep his attorney's hands out of his settlement has landed back in the court where it all began.
After 15 years, Adele Vokolek, deputy clerk, is retiring from the Jefferson County District Clerk's Office. At the Jefferson County District Clerk's Office, whenever an attorney needs to file papers, a juror needs a form signed or a resident wants to look up a lawsuit, it is usually Adele Vokolek that gives them a hand.
The families of two educators killed last year when their van flipped into a ravine in Mexico have filed wrongful death suits against the school district, the driver, the maker of the van and others.
Texas Supreme Court Last month, the Record reported on an appeal filed by a business owner who wanted to keep his attorney's hands out of his settlement.
After the 120-mile-an-hour winds of Hurricane Rita caused widespread damage in Southeast Texas three years ago, many insurance companies stopped writing policies that include windstorm coverage.
Jefferson County District Clerk Lolita Ramos and her staff held their annual Christmas party on Dec. 22, where the holiday cheer was just as plentiful as the daily legal filings.
In the three years since Hurricane Rita struck, thousands of lawsuits have been filed in Golden Triangle courts. And now with Hurricane Ike in the rear view mirror, Jefferson County is expecting Ike suits to eclipse Rita-related filings.
Judge Donald Floyd is bringing his court into the 21st Century, ordering that all cases filed in the Jefferson County 172nd District Court now be submitted as E-file cases.
In last week's column, we brought you the first installment of the Justies, our own attempt to recognize some of the most bizarre and/or amusing stories coming out of the legal system.
Jefferson County Commissioners Court Soon, the public can expect to spend anywhere from 15 to 45 seconds passing through metal detectors at the Jefferson County Courthouse main entrance while security officers X-ray their belongings.