Marilyn Tennissen News
Bank files for foreclosure against Orange homeowners
Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. has filed a request for a foreclosure order against Roosevelt and Patricia Spears of Orange.
Vigil set to remember crime victims
Each April since 1981, Office for Victims of Crime, a division of the U.S. Department of Justice, has helped lead communities throughout the country in their observances of National Crime Victims' Rights Week. Rallies, candlelight vigils and a host of commemorative activities are held each year to promote victims' rights and to honor crime victims and those who advocate on their behalf.
Texas senators urge funds for channel project
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) Texas senators want to make sure that the local waterway is included in upcoming legislation.
District judges to take part in caseload survey
The Jefferson County District Judges may have a little more work to do next month, but their efforts will help determine if their courts should have a little less work in the future.
Longtime JP Halter dies
A man who served Jefferson County for 25 years as a justice of the peace was mourned this week.
Orwig stepping down as U.S. Attorney, says move not related to national issue
Matthew Orwig, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, is leaving his post at the end of May to join a law firm opening a branch in Dallas.
Civil rights case by landowners moving to Beaumont federal court
A case involving landowners who say a lawsuit against them is a violation of their civil rights is making its way to a federal court in the Eastern District of Texas.
Staph infection leads to lawsuit
A Jefferson County woman is blaming poor treatment by a local doctor and hospital for a staph infection that left dimished use of her hand.
Medical staff sued for inmate's death
The wife of an inmate who died in a Jefferson County correctional facility has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the prison's medical staff and the hospital that treated him.
Attorney General Abbott stops illegal contact lens dispensers
SAN ANTONIO �Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott stopped two local contact lens dispensers from illegally selling contact lenses without prescriptions.
Another settlement reached in massive asbestos suit
Jason Cansler of Brent Coon & Associates While a pool of potential jurors waited outside the courtroom, parties reached a settlement in an asbestos suit before the trial began in a Jefferson County District Court.
Orange couple sues insurer for pool repairs
An Orange couple is taking Allstate Texas Lloyds to court for not approving repairs to their swimming damaged by Hurricane Rita.
Orange Co. men sue after repeated tractor breakdowns
Two Orange County residents are suing a distributor for selling them a faulty tractor
Lobsterfest adds dance to schedule of events for 2007
The Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce is inviting all seafood lovers to take part in the annual Lobsterfest, and this year attendees should not only wear Hawaiian shirts but their dancing shoes as well.
Damages sought for chemical burn may exceed $1 million
A man burned when a vacuum truck overflowed is seeking damages for his injuries that may exceed $1 million.
Man sues doc for separated sternum
A Louisiana man is suing a Port Arthur doctor for failing to properly reattach his sternum following bypass surgery.
Beaumont Foundation honors legal giant Joe Tonahill
Joe Tonahill Jr. addresses media at Lamar University for the announcement of the $100,000 Joe Tonahill scholarship in honor of his late father. Joe Tonahill may have become known for defending Jack Ruby, but the lawyer from Jasper, Texas, may now be known for helping students go to college.
Deposition gets reaction from lawyer, refinery
A recent deposition for a refinery lawsuit had both sides making their own interpretation of the statements.
Auto-pedestrian wrongful death suit puts blame on faulty street lights
The family of a man killed as he tried to cross Cardinal Drive have filed a lawsuit against the city of Beaumont, Jefferson County and Entergy, claiming the street lights in that section of road were malfunctioning.
Griffin is plaintiff in personal injury suit
Beaumont attorney Ramie Griffin Jr., who practices criminal law, is the plaintiff in a personal injury suit filed March 21 in Jefferson County District Court.