Michelle Keahey, East Texas Bureau News
Union Pacific sues company for $153,000 in charges associated with moving railcars
LUFKIN - Union Pacific has filed a lawsuit against a Virginia company claiming that the company failed to pay approximately $153,000 in charges associated with moving railcars to its various facilities in Texas.
Texas man seeks $10M from drug maker over side effects of Darvocet
LUFKIN - A Texas resident has filed a lawsuit claiming he is at an increased risk of side effects from taking the prescription pain medication Darvocet and is asking for $10 million from the drug maker.
Louisiana woman sues hernia mesh manufacturers over complications
A St. Tammany Parish, La., woman has filed a product liability lawsuit against the manufacturers of the hernia mesh product that she had implanted in 2004 and removed in 2011 due to complications.
Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas
Beaumont Division
Woman sues Wal-Mart after tripping over drainage mat in produce department
SHERMAN - A Denton County woman has filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart claiming the store is responsible for the injuries she received when she tripped over a drainage mat while shopping in the store’s produce department.
Delivery driver sues employer claiming he was not paid minimum wage
SHERMAN - A delivery driver has filed a lawsuit against his Dallas employer claiming that he and other delivery drivers were not paid at the minimum wage rate.
More Motiva plant workers sue for unpaid work time
An additional few hundred Motiva plant workers have filed a lawsuit claiming that they were not properly paid for their travel time to the Port Arthur facility and that they were not paid for their time spent putting on equipment and attending safety meetings.
Target sued by woman who claims cans of icing fell on her face
SHERMAN - An Allen woman has filed a lawsuit against Target claiming that the store improperly stocked shelves of icing which caused the heavy metal containers to fall from the shelves and hit her in the face.
Elementary school cook files racial discrimination lawsuit
SHERMAN - An African-American cook has filed a lawsuit against an East Texas school district that claims she was terminated for reporting racial discrimination.
Recent patent infringement suits filed in the Eastern District of Texas
Marshall Division
Denton County man sues Capital One for violating Fair Credit Reporting Act
SHERMAN - A Denton County resident has filed a lawsuit claiming that Capital One refused to honor an agreement to reduce his credit card debt and continued to report the debt on his credit report in violation of federal law.
Cabinetmaker sues claiming lay-off was in violation of FMLA
MARSHALL - A cabinetmaker has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against his employer claiming that he should not have been laid off while he was in the hospital.
Logging company sued following motor vehicle wreck involving employee
MARSHALL - A logging company is being sued after one of its employees allegedly failed to yield the right of way and caused a motor vehicle wreck in the middle of an intersection in Marshall.
Three Mississippi residents sue Longview man for causing car wreck
MARSHALL - Three Mississippi residents have filed a personal injury lawsuit against a Longview man claiming that he was traveling too close to their vehicle and caused a car wreck when they attempted to make a turn.
Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas
Marshall Division
Debt collector sued for threatening woman with lawsuit
SHERMAN - A debt collector is being sued for violating federal and Texas laws by failing to provide a woman with written validation of an alleged debt and for threatening to file a lawsuit against her.
Laboratory worker files lawsuit claiming employer violated federal wage laws
SHERMAN - A clinical laboratory worker has filed a lawsuit against his employer claiming he was fired for complaining about the company violating federal wage laws.
Project manager claims layoff retaliation for discrimination complaints
SHERMAN - A project manager has filed a discrimination lawsuit against her employer claiming that she was not actually laid off from her job but terminated in retaliation for complaining about race and gender harassment.
Seaman sues after being struck by snapped mooring line
A seaman has filed a Jones Act lawsuit against a vessel for allegedly traveling at an excessive rate of speed for inland waterways, which caused a large wake and resulted in his vessel’s mooring line to snap and hit him.
East Texan sues over fungus-contaminated steroid drugs
SHERMAN - An East Texas man has filed a lawsuit claiming he was injured when he received pharmaceutical injections of a steroid drug contaminated with a fungus.