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ParFab wants new trial in $1M suit over scaffold collapse
A company who recently had a motion for default judgment granted against it is asking the court for a new trial.
Union Pacific in trial over 2013 train collision, plaintiffs seek more than $1M in damages
BEAUMONT – For the rest of the month of June, a Jefferson County jury will be tied up hearing evidence on whether Union Pacific Railroad is responsible for causing a train to collide with a vehicle stopped on its tracks.
Cigna’s ‘kickback’ suit fails, opinion finds insurer should pay $13.7M to Humble Surgical Hospital
HOUSTON – An area health care provider has prevailed in a kickback lawsuit brought by Cigna Health and Life Insurance, capturing an award of nearly $13.7 million.
AG’s Child Support Division leads nation by collecting $3.8B in child support
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Child Support Division ranks first in the nation for collecting more than $3.869 billion in child support for the federal fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2015, a June press release states.
Buzbee hosting Trump fundraiser
HOUSTON - One of the attorneys who helped defend former Gov. Rick Perry against power abuse charges will host a fundraiser for presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump later this week.
Dismissed: Truck dispatcher’s suit over overtime wages
MARSHALL – A truck dispatcher who sued his employer claiming that he was not paid overtime wages has dismissed the action.
Texas AG joins suit to get unclaimed millions from MoneyGram
WASHINGTON – On June 9 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the state has joined Arkansas’ Attorney General Leslie Rutledge in co-leading a 21 State coalition to file a lawsuit at the U.S.
U.S. senators call out DOJ in Vascular Solutions case
WASHINGTON – A pair of U.S.
Summary judgment battle ensues in fraud suit against Harbor Hospice
A Jefferson County investor recently filed a motion for summary judgment in a piece of complex litigation that originally alleged his financial interest in dozens of companies had been fraudulently managed.
Harbor Hospice granted summary judgment in suit by former partner
Harbor Hospice of Beaumont was granted summary judgment in a suit brought by a former partner, who claimed he wrongly lost his interest in the company.
SE Medical Center cleared of any negligence following med-mal trial
A Jefferson County jury has cleared the Medical Center of Southeast Texas of any negligence following a medical malpractice trial.
Discrimination suit against Ernst & Young dismissed
A Houston man has dismissed a professional services firm from his discrimination lawsuit, which claimed the company fired him because of his age and medical history.
Texas couple wants $1M suit over bad Yelp review dismissed; pet sitting company claims disparagement
DALLAS – A motion to dismiss has been filed in a lawsuit brought by a pet sitting company against a Plano couple who allegedly disparaged the critter watchers in a Yelp review and on national television.
Mostyn calls legal malpractice suit against him harassment, moves for sanctions
Houston attorney “Hurricane” Steve Mostyn has answered a legal malpractice lawsuit against him, seeking sanctions and calling the action “groundless” and “brought for the purpose of harassment.” Seeking several millions of dollars in damages, plaintiffs Irvin and Nancy Harrison filed suit against Mostyn and the Mostyn Law Firm on March 18 in Harris County District Court, alleging the firm botched their Hurricane Ike claim.
Ninth Court tackles special appearances issue in offshore drilling injury suit
BEAUMONT – Three out-of-state marine companies named as defendants in an offshore worker’s injury suit recently won their appeal, as the Ninth Court of Appeals found the trial court lacked personal jurisdiction over the litigation.
Sanctions battle erupts in suit over 2012 ‘massive’ I-10 collision
BEAUMONT - A sanctions battle has erupted between a trucking company and one of the defendants it blames for causing a “massive wreck” in 2012 on Interstate 10, court records show.
Motion to dismiss filed in plaintiff’s suit alleging injury lifting 300-pound patient
Beaumont Home Health Service recently filed a motion to dismiss a suit brought by a Port Arthur woman, who alleges she was negligently instructed to lift a 300-pound patient.
PBS, NPR report on Mostyn’s battle with insurers following Sandy
HOUSTON— An investigative collaboration by PBS’s Frontline program and NPR recently reported on the Mostyn Law Firm’s battle with insurance companies following Hurricane Sandy.
Watchdog group asks Texans to keep arbitration out of insurance policies
AUSTIN – Texas Watch, a self-proclaimed consumer protection group, recently launched a campaign urging Lone Star residents to tell the Texas Department of Insurance to keep arbitration out of insurance disputes.
Defendant seeks to enter no damages verdict in collision suit
BEAUMONT – In February, 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 ended in a favorable verdict for the defendant.