BEAUMONT -- A three-panel appellate court has affirmed a ruling in favor of the city of Beaumont that granted the city’s plea to the jurisdiction and dismissed the claim of a former city fire chief.
BEAUMONT -- A Texas couple who had won their lawsuit against the Bank of New York Mellon in a foreclosure case was not as lucky in the Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals at Beaumont.
BEAUMONT – Mark C. Sparks, a partner in Beaumont’s The Ferguson Law Firm, has assumed the presidency of the Jefferson County Bar Association following his election earlier this year.
BEAUMONT – Wow Foods Concepts is being sued by an employee claiming that she was threatened with termination if she did not buy offsite alcohol for a manager.
BEAUMONT – A Vidor resident recently landed a jury verdict worth more than half a million dollars following the trial of an automobile collision lawsuit.
BEAUMONT – A lawsuit brought over a post-surgical infection was recently called up for trial and ended with a jury awarding the plaintiff $50,000 for his mental anguish.
BEAUMONT – With other area law firms struggling to find courtroom victory, The Ferguson Law Firm continues its streak of courthouse success. In one week in August, the firm deployed three different lawyers to three different counties, and all brought back wins in motor vehicle cases.
BEAUMONT – Earlier this month, Judge Baylor Wortham, 136th District Court, stayed six Hurricane Harvey lawsuits without having a hearing on the matter.
BEAUMONT -- A Texas appeals court denied and reversed on Sept. 19 a trial court's ruling in a case between Quality Event Flooring Systems and FC Festivals.
BEAUMONT -- A Texas appeals court upheld Sept. 19 a trial court’s decision after the Forest Hills Improvement Association filed a declaratory judgment against a couple who requested a property extension.
BEAUMONT – From trying to serve a judge during court to being involved in a bounty hunt gone very wrong, Stephen Hartman has grabbed his share of headlines over the past years.
BEAUMONT – In 1977, Louis Gest spent around four months working at a Shell Oil refinery. Four decades later, he filed a benzene suit, naming Shell as one of the defendants. On Aug. 6, Shell filed a motion for summary judgment in the case, which is slated for trial in early October.
BEAUMONT -- After plaintiffs failed to issue a certificate of merit in their first amended complaint, the Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals reversed Aug. 22 an order that denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss.
BEAUMONT — A Texas court of appeals has affirmed the ruling of a trial court that denied the dismissal of a trespassing claim against a Texas man using a building on land leased by the Port Arthur Patrolmen's Hunting Club.
