BEAUMONT – An automobile collision suit called up for trial settled before a jury could be selected, according to a Jefferson County courthouse official.
BEAUMONT - A dram shop suit brought on behalf of Kristen Paris, the Nederland teen who was killed by a drunk driver three years ago, has been set for trial in September.
BEAUMONT – A district judge recently granted a motion to abate a lawsuit brought by a firefighter who was indefinitely suspended by the city of Beaumont.
BEAUMONT – A hot tub party got heated after a Port Neches woman repeatedly spurned a naked man’s physical sexual advances, according to a recent lawsuit.
BEAUMONT – In June 2015, the Ninth Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a now-retired district judge’s decision denying the South East Texas Regional Planning Commission governmental immunity.
Two years later, on May 17, the Texas Supreme Court issued a mandate stating that its ruling reversing the Ninth Court is final, confirming Judge Gary Sanderson, formerly of the 60th District Court, was ultimately right in his decision to waive the commission’s immunity.
BEAUMONT – A Jefferson County jury recently handed down a $122 million verdict in a breach of contract lawsuit brought by Signature Industrial Services of Beaumont against the International Paper Company.
BEAUMONT – They family of a worker who died while working at ExxonMobil’s Beaumont factory recently filed a motion to compel discovery, contending the oil giant is refusing to cooperate.
BEAUMONT – After nearly three years of litigation, a breach of contract lawsuit brought by Signature Industrial Services of Beaumont against the International Paper Company has been called up for trial.
BEAUMONT – While the trial of the last remaining Hurricane Rita lawsuit may be in books, the case is far from over – as Mostyn Law and the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association recently filed contrasting motions for entry of final judgment.
BEAUMONT – One of the last remaining Hurricane Rita lawsuits was recently tried in Jefferson County, with the trial ending with a much larger payday for Mostyn Law than the firm’s clients.
BEAUMONT – New District Judge Justin Sanderson, 60th Court, recently wrapped up
his first trial, with a Southeast Texas jury awarding a car wreck plaintiff $18,227.42 in damages.
