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If someone spilled hot coffee on you or you accidentally suffered some other horrible instantaneous pain or injury, would it take you two years to react?
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The Texas 14th Court of Appeals in March issued reversed a decision disbarring a Houston attorney for failing to return an advance payment of “unearned” fees.
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HOUSTON – After filing suit in March of 2015, a Saudi diplomat is standing by his complaints that a hospital employee allegedly leaked confidential health information and an alleged hospital debt to the consulate.
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A employee is suing a concrete coating company, alleging unpaid overtime.
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A Louisiana man is suing an offshore energy company, alleging negligence for injuries he says he sustained while working aboard a vessel.
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Ninth District appellate judges have stopped a defamation suit that Beaumont lawyer John Morgan filed against his former wife’s lawyer. On Oct. 29, the judges held that the Texas Citizen’s Participation Act protected Houston lawyer Sheryl Johnson-Todd from Morgan’s suit. The law, from 2011, prohibits lawsuits in retaliation for exercise of free speech and free association. Justice Hollis Horton wrote, “When an individual attempts to manipulate the legal system to vindicate their rights, the a
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A Hong Kong cargo shipper is suing a British Virgin Islands shipping company, alleging it failed to load cargo per a contract between the two parties.
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A Delaware-based asbestos law firm has expanded into Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, increasing its presence along the Gulf Coast. According to an Oct. 5 press release, Maron Marvel Bradley & Anderson added 32 attorneys, all of whom focus their practices on toxic tort litigation, products liability and environmental litigation. “Our goal, from the very founding of our firm, has been to become the premier mass toxic tort firm in the country – this move helps get us there,” said James J.
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The family of a man who was killed in a collision with an Amtrak train is suing Houston law firm Arnold & Itkin, L.L.P., alleging the defendant secured $240,000 through “illegal and unethical” barratry. Plaintiffs Judy Gauthier, the widow of the late Larry Gauthier; Lucretta Nickerson, his daughter; and his grandchildren Jermaine and Yolanda Gauthier filed a lawsuit against Arnold & Itkin and its principals, attorneys Kurt B.
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A Louisiana man is suing the principal contractor of a job where he alleges he was severely injured because of the contractor's negligence.
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Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance Co. is suing a client over the client's allegedly fraudulent claims of damage to his boat.
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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.
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A U.S. seaman is suing Marquette Transportation Co. Offshore following an accident onboard one of its vessels.
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A lawsuit has been filed against Hess and Chevron by an employee who was allegedly injured while working.
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A Jefferson County man has filed a lawsuit against two Houston men after a car accident that occurred on March 24, 2015.
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A Jefferson county man is suing another man for damages after a vehicle collision occurred in Port Arthur.
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A group of workers filed a class action lawsuit against their Houston-based employer for bad faith and labor law violations between 2012 and 2015, when the firm allegedly avoided paying them overtime wages. Jose de Jesus Oviedo Hernandez, Donaciano Nieto, Lorenzo Vega, Javier Santillan, Hose Leonel, Hernandez Henriquez et al filed a complaint against Robert Dering Construction LLC in Galveston County District Court June 13, claiming violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. According to the
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The Texas branch of an activist group is calling the Supreme Court’s decision to rule against Abercrombie & Fitch, who was sued after refusing to hire a Muslim woman for wearing a hijab, “historic.”
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A seaman has sued his company and its benefits provider, alleging negligence in a workplace injury.
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A seaman has sued his company and its benefits provider, alleging negligence in a workplace accident.
