Tag Archives: Legal

Train collides with tractor-trailer, engineer sues for injuries

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Young

A locomotive engineer is suing a trucker and his employer, claiming the train he was riding in smashed into a tractor-trailer at a railroad crossing.
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About Us, Personal Injury-Motor Vehicle

Green Tree Servicing seeks possession of manufactured home

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McKinney

Green Tree Servicing has filed suit against Jimmy Rolison and Timothy Rolison, alleging the men have defaulted on their payments for a manufactured home.
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About Us, Note/Debt

African-American man claims co-workers used racial epithets

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Patrick

HOUSTON – Houston resident Glen A. Noel asserts racism was a factor behind his termination from two area companies, recent court documents say.
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About Us, Civil Rights/Discrimination

Debt collector sued after contacting Plano man’s grandparents

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Bennecoff

SHERMAN – A Plano man has filed a lawsuit against a Pennsylvania debt collector after his grandparents were contacted about his medical debt.
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About Us, Consumer Fraud/Deceptive Trade

Legally Speaking: Letting the punishment fit the crime

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Judges from around the country engage periodically in what’s called “creative sentencing.” Some legal observers criticize such punishments as forms of public shaming taking us back to the days of Puritans putting people in the stocks.
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Papa John’s franchise owner says Obamacare may force job cuts

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Nichols

BEAUMONT – Papa John’s pizza restaurant owner Judy Nichols’ plan to expand her business in Southeast Texas with a fourth location is on hold because of uncertainty over the impact “Obamacare” will have on her operations.
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About Us, Med-Mal

C&G Builders sued for shoddy work

Area resident Roosevelt Petry is suing Charles Guidry, owner of C&G Builders, alleging the contractor’s shoddy craftsmanship cost him more than $10,000 to repair.
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About Us, Consumer Fraud/Deceptive Trade

New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County

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New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County, July 13-18, 2012. Read More »

About Us, Business

Nurse sues employer claiming she was not paid for overtime work

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Vaught

TYLER – A Tyler nurse has filed a lawsuit against her employer that claims she and other employees were not paid for overtime and lunch time was improperly deducted from their wages.
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About Us, Labor/Wages

Fifth Circuit lets ruling stand in asbestos lawsuit fraud case

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Reavley

NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has chosen not to revisit its recent decision that affirmed a fraud verdict against two Mississippi asbestos attorneys.
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Appeals Court, Asbestos, News