BEAUMONT – In 1977, Louis Gest spent around four months working at a Shell Oil refinery. Four decades later, he filed a benzene suit, naming Shell as one of the defendants. On Aug. 6, Shell filed a motion for summary judgment in the case, which is slated for trial in early October.
GALVESTON – Recent Galveston federal court records show that the Southern District of Texas is overseeing a lawsuit accusing 24 Hour Fitness USA, Inc. of terminating a man’s membership over a personal matter with one of its employees.
BEAUMONT - Unless the Texas Supreme Court steps in, the equity partners at Provost Umphrey have succeeded in forcing former colleague Paul ‘Chip’ Ferguson Jr. into arbitration under their terms. On March 3 the Ninth Court of Appeals denied Ferguson’s writ for mandamus and motion for temporary relief, finding that a trial court did not abuse its discretion in compelling arbitration under a partnership agreement instead of a settlement agreement.
The equity partners at the Provost Umphrey Law Firm in Beaumont recently filed a motion to abate a lawsuit brought by a their former colleague, Paul ‘Chip’ Ferguson.
The equity partners at the Provost Umphrey recently answered a lawsuit brought by Paul ‘Chip’ Ferguson, asserting their former partner took advantage of firm founder Walter Umphrey and his ailing mental condition.
The Provost Umphrey Law Firm and its partners, excluding the firm’s current managing partner, have sued several attorneys who left to start their own firm.
For a quarter of a century, attorney Paul ‘Chip’ Ferguson Jr. spent his days working at the Provost Umphrey law firm in Beaumont, until the current president of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association booted him off the premises under threat of armed escort, according to a recent lawsuit.
A software manufacturing company has filed suit against a business it says is utilizing the company's software without a license.Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software, of Plano, says it developed a product called NX 8, which assists with product design, manufacturing and simulation. At some point, Siemens alleges it discovered BTL Machine, of Corona, Calif., was using its NX 8 software without
