News from May 2007
Couple says mortgage company holding check for home repairs
A Jefferson County couple says their mortgage company refuses to release an insurance check needed for repairs to their home.
Leaky pipe results in suit against contractor
John Morgan
Man claims he was fired for filing for worker's comp claim
Lindsay & Morgan
Railroad worker cites FELA for fall on train
Sara Youngdahl A trip to the bathroom landed a railroad worker on his back and the railroad company in court.
Official in dispute over contract with indoor football league
It's going to take more than a referee to settle a dispute between a Jefferson County man and the National Indoor Football League.
Woman loses finger in wheelchair, sues hospital
Inexplicably, Sarah Johnson sliced off the tip of her right index finger while helping her mother into a wheelchair. She is suing the Memorial Hermann Hospital System for maliciously failing to warn her that such a dangerous scenario existed.
That subtle substance
Lawsuits alleging asbestos-related wrongs are old news here in Beaumont.
Misrepresentation of credit score leads to $3 million suit
Shawn Kerwin is suing the First Houston Mortgage Co. and its agent Trent Lawson for more than $3 million. Kerwin claims the company purposely misrepresented his credit score to him in order to force him into signing a home loan at a higher interest rate.
Lemon Law cited as basis for couple's lawsuit against Ford
An Orange County couple is claiming a Houston dealership sold them a "lemon."
Beaumont man receives award from governor
News Release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Seaman says work around benzene caused his lymphoma
Keith Hyde For 20 years, David Dinnes was employed as an able-bodied seaman on various vessels.
Soldier worked up over workout charges
Seemingly American Express and Bally Total Fitness have confused the maxim "Support your Troops" with "fraudulently forge an officer's signature and charge his credit card for nearly three grand while he's deployed overseas."
This Just In (Orange County)
This Just In: Recent civil filings in Orange County District Courts, May 16-21, 2007
This Just In (Jefferson County)
This Just In: Recent civil filings in Jefferson County District Courts, May 17-23, 2007
Prince, Lewis still in PA runoff after recount
Deloris "Bobbie" Prince After recounting the votes Wednesday from the mayor's race in Port Arthur, candidates Deloris "Bobbie" Prince and Willie "Bae" Lewis are still the contenders for the June 30 runoff election.
Correction
In the May 21, 2007, edition of the Southeast Texas Record, the story on newly elected mayor Becky Ames incorrectly stated that she was a graduate of Texas A&M University.
New business licenses/assumed names filed with Jefferson County Clerk, May 17-May 24, 2007
New business licenses/assumed names filed with Jefferson County Clerk, May 17-May 24, 2007
Family sues hospital, doctor and Pfizer for woman's death
Michael L. Phifer On May 18, 2005, Renita Rochelle Hadnot, 47, entered a hospital operated by Christus Health Southeast Texas Inc. under the care of Dr. Usman Zafar of Jasper.
Settlement with American National Insurance Co. to benefit 17,000 Texas consumers
Press release from the office of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott
Suit says manufacturers conspired to distribute asbestos products
Lou Thompson Black Gregory James Hunter is suing A.W. Chesterton, along with 47 other companies, for conspiring to mine, process, sell and distribute asbestos products, suppressing the information pertaining to the fiber's hazardous influence on human health, and purposely inflicting him with an asbestos disease.