AUSTIN - 2016 wind and hail loss information released last week by the Texas Department of Insurance show that homeowner losses from hail in Texas were the highest annual losses ever recorded, exceeding $5 billion.
HOUSTON – A Bexar County woman sued a bank in an effort to get a 34-year-old mini money market certificate honored, according to recent Harris County District Court records.
SAN ANTONIO – A Bexar County man is suing The Voss Law Firm, alleging he is owed nearly $100,000 for securing hundreds of hailstorm clients for the Houston-area law firm.
When the Texas House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence held a hearing seven years ago to discuss barratry in our state, Steve Mostyn agreed with those present that it was a problem and recommended prosecution of “swindlers.” What a kidder!
SAN ANTONIO – Only a day prior to the Texas House approving a bill aimed at ending hailstorm lawsuit abuse, Mostyn Law attorneys filed dozens of lawsuits in Bexar County – an area hit hard by hailstorms the past year.
AUSTIN – During a recent hearing on the hailstorm lawsuit abuse bill, Mostyn Law’s head of litigation told members of the Texas House Insurance Committee that nobody, even her law firm, likes storm-chasing attorneys.
AUSTIN – Manager of Public Relations & Membership of the Insurance Council of Texas Mark Hanna expressed his concerns with the increased number of storms and whether or not 2017 will mirror previous years.
AUSTIN – The fight against human trafficking, a modern day form of slavery, is the duty of every Texan, state Attorney General Ken Paxton said during a recent press conference at San Antonio Police Department’s Public Safety Headquarters.
The Texas Attorney General’s Office has agreed to a judgment and permanent injunction against a former disbarred immigration attorney, Paul A. Esquivel, his former associate attorney, Juan Carlos Penaflor, and former office manager, Olvia Martinez.
SAN ANTONIO – With weather events poised to top 2015, itself a record-breaking year in the Lone Star State, Texans need to have their insurance in order and take careful steps before and after a disaster, an industry spokesman said.
CORPUS CHRISTI - Known for landing multi-million dollar verdicts in personal injury cases, plaintiff’s attorney Thomas J. Henry recently made headlines by throwing his 15-year old daughter a $6 million Quinceanera.
Bexar County - Prostitution charges have been filed against a San Antonia attorney by several women claiming he coerced them into having sex with him in exchange for legal representation. Mark Benavides, who was running for judge in the 175th District Court at the time of his arrest, was arrested on Nov. 17 and charged with compelling prostitution, a second-degree felony.
SAN ANTONIO – On Nov. 25 Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a final judgment and permanent injunction filed in a Bexar County district court ordering Lone Star Introductions (eLove Matchmaking) to cease operations at its Texas offices, pay civil penalties and consumer restitution.
Former Provost Umphrey attorneys who departed to start their own firm have captured their second jury verdict since parting ways a couple of months ago.