News from March 2008
Suit against Office Depot claims fall on unsecured rug led to woman's death
A Jefferson County man is alleging that an improperly secured rug led to the death of his 70-year-old wife.
DuPont asbestos trial nearing conclusion
With possibly millions of dollars on the line, DuPont's attorneys produced additional evidence on Wednesday, March 19, in a video deposition of one of its former safety engineers who said he worked with the chemical company to develop safety programs as early as the 1950s.
Man claims he was falsely imprisoned by Market Basket
Carlton J. Ford claims he was "thrown to the ground and falsely imprisoned" while leaving Bruce's Market Basket by a grocery store employee.
Slip and fall suit filed against AutoZone
AutoZone may be well known for selling the parts needed to maintain an automobile, but Sherry Grandchampt claims the company failed to maintain its premises, negligently allowing her to slip and fall in a puddle of water.
Family of refinery worker sues Texaco, Chevron for benzene exposure
Keith Hyde Alfred Willis, a former Texaco employee, died of lymphoma last January. Now, his wife, Betty Wills, and child, Alpha Shine, are suing the oil company, which they claim negligently exposed him to benzene.
New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County
Orig. Filing Date: 03/13/2008 Certificate #: 72393
Recent real estate foreclosures
Nationstar Mortgage has filed an application for foreclosure against the property of Robert and Susan Stone, located at 7032 39th Street, Groves, Texas 77619.
Recent patent/copyright infringement cases filed in U.S. District Courts
Marshall Division, Eastern District of Texas
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Judge rejects Weyerhaeuser's motion to dismiss in toxic tort case
TEXARKANA, Ark. -- U.S. Federal Court Judge Harry F. Barnes ruled against Weyerhaeuser's Motion to Dismiss in a case involving allegations that the Dierks plywood and lumber mill emitted hazardous substances and toxins into the environment.
Process server sues over dog bite
Bitten by a dog while serving a legal notice, Andrea Jones has decided to bite back and sue.
Family of metal worker sues refineries for benzene exposure more than 50 years ago
From 1946 through 1952, Lonnie Logsdon worked as a sheet metal apprentice at various refineries in Port Arthur, where he was allegedly exposed to enough benzene to develop leukemia.
Hull suing for defective hull on new boat
Aksano F-18 GALVESTON -- Ironically, a man named Hull is suing over alleged defects in the hull of his new boat.
Texas Times: Reality and the Federal Budget
The late William F. Buckley once observed that "The spirit of Christmas extends throughout the congressional season, and a penny here, a penny there, results in $100 billion per year deficits."
Default judgment granted in trip-and-fall case against Albertson's
TEXARKANA, Ark. -- While shopping at a Texarkana Albertson's a few days before Christmas in 2003, Gloria West tripped over a mat and fell. She states the fall caused her to fracture her left hip.
Plaintiff's attorney files two separate Lemon Law suits against Ford on same day
Claiming their fairly new Ford vehicles keep breaking down, a pair of Jefferson County residents have sought the legal expertise of plaintiff's attorney Richard Dalton, who has filed two separate Lemon Law suits against Ford and the dealerships who sold the them the vehicles.
Due process argument prevails, hearing postponed in Colossus class action
TEXARKANA, Ark. -- At a hearing March 17 in the Arkansas Colossus class action, plaintiffs' attorneys were expected to argue that the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege would require public disclosure of an inadvertently disclosed document written between USAA's attorneys and employees.