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Credit Suisse slapped with $287M judgment in fraudulent appraisal suit
A Texas district judge recently levied a $287 million judgment against the Credit Suisse Group, bringing the total damage award against the company to $327 million.
Protective order entered in trip & fall against Wal-Mart
An agreed protective order has been entered in an Orange County woman’s trip and fall lawsuit against Wal-Mart.
Discrimination suit against Sheriff Mitch Woods transferred
A discrimination claims against Jefferson County and its sheriff was set to go to trial Sept. 14 but was transferred to another court.
Chip Ferguson, Monk Law Firm land $7.5M verdict following injury trial
A four-day injury trial at the Beaumont courthouse ended with a jury award of nearly $7.5 million in damages, according to one of the plaintiff’s attorneys who tried the case.
Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas
MARSHALL DIVISION Sept. 8 Carnition LLC v.
Unredeemed RadioShack gift cards to be paid in full
On Sept. 10 Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a bankruptcy judge approved a settlement with RadioShack over unredeemed gift cards, ensuring purchasers will receive the full value of the card. “This settlement has given consumers a voice in RadioShack’s bankruptcy process, and we are pleased the retail giant is honoring its commitment to customers holding millions in unredeemed gift cards,” said Paxton.
Survey ranks East Texas as worst local jurisdiction in country
A new survey evaluating the fairness and reasonableness of state liability systems has East Texas as the worst local jurisdiction in the U.S.
September 2016 trial slated in $1M suit over scaffold collapse
A suit brought by a painter seeking more than $1 million in punitive damages for a scaffold collapse has been slated for trial next September. On April 8 Rosa Arredondo filed a complaint against OCI Partners LP of Dallas, OCI Beaumont LLC of Austin and Safway Services LLC of Austin in Jefferson County District Court, claiming injuries specific to a March 2015 workplace incident. Court records show that on Aug. 26 an agreed scheduling order was entered, calling for the case to be mediated on or
Nederland McDonalds denied summary judgment in $1M slip & fall suit
A Beaumont judge has denied a motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit brought against a Nederland McDonalds.
Paxton asks federal judge to halt water rule in Texas
Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking a federal judge to halt the U.S.
Automobile collision trial underway in Jefferson County
An automobile collision trial is now underway at the Beaumont courthouse.
TTLA president had Ferguson booted off of Provost Umphrey grounds under threat of armed escort, suit says.
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.
Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas
MARSHALL DIVISION Sept. 3 Carnition LLC v.
$50K verdict awarded in trial over leaky A/C system, half going to attorney
More than $50,000 in damages were awarded in a civil trial over a leaky A/C unit, more than half of which will go to the plaintiffs’ attorney.
Hailstorms, the new hurricane litigation boom for Texas trial lawyers
Where most people only see ice the size of golf balls falling from the sky, trial lawyers supposedly perceive golden nuggets raining down from the heavens, initiating tens of thousands of hailstorm lawsuits in just the past few years alone.
Court-shopping Texas trial lawyers heading to Louisiana, say tort reform groups
Texas and Louisiana tort reform groups are voicing concerns that Lone Star trial lawyers are seeking Bayou State clients to sue Chesapeake Energy.
Arnold & Itkin attorneys land $1.7M and $2.8M jury verdicts from W&T Offshore
The Houston law firm Arnold & Itkin recently secured two verdicts rendered against W&T Offshore, reaping $3.5 million in total from the company in a single day.
Trial of collision suit continued due to illness
A trial of a lawsuit brought by an area resident claiming he sustained spinal injuries after a driver failed to yield the right-of-way at an intersection has been continued. As previously reported, Wayne Earl Guice filed a lawsuit July 3, 2012, in Jefferson County District Court against Jonathan Quach. The case was suppose to go to trial on Aug. 31 but was continued due to illness, according to a courthouse official. Guice claims he was driving north on Gladys Avenue on May 24, 2012, when he
Suit over leaky A/C system heads to trial
A lawsuit brought by Jeffery and Veronica Book, who sued American Air Systems alleging the company installed a leaky unit in their home, has been called up for trial. The suit was filed Nov. 17, 2011, in Jefferson County District Court. Jury selection in the case began Aug. 31.