Texas Justices seated on the Ninth Court of Appeals recently found that a Beaumont judge did not err in granting the Beaumont and Port Arthur Independent School Districts governmental immunity in a prevailing wage case.
Two years ago, the Southeast Texas Record reported on litigation filed by Brenda Narcisse, a Jefferson County resident, who sued the Beaumont Independent School District and one of its bus drivers.
A local judge recently granted plaintiff Jonathan Johnson's motion to dismiss the Beaumont Independent School District from an automobile collision injury lawsuit.
The Beaumont Independent School District cost taxpayers an extra $150,000 and violated Texas bidding procedures when it hired a contractor to build a new school gymnasium, according to recently filed court documents.
Believing that a "possible conflict of interest" exists, a local judge has removed a young boy's grandmother as guardian ad litem and replaced her with Beaumont attorney Clint Brasher.
Demolition of South Park Middle School began in April. Although the Beaumont Independent School District began bulldozing South Park Middle School in April, the district is still petitioning the Ninth District Court of Appeals to reverse an order prohibiting it from using money from the 2007 bond election.
A lawsuit alleging the Beaumont Independent School District somehow injured a child during the 2009 through 2011 school years was filed Nov. 15 in Jefferson County District Court.
The Beaumont Independent School District can carry on with discussions about possibly building a hotel and events center -- a speculative $50 million project -- near its new football stadium, thanks to a local judge's Nov. 8 ruling.
Hoping to stop the Beaumont Independent School District from constructing a hotel and events center near its new football stadium, three locals filed an injunction request in Jefferson County District Court.
The parents of an autistic Beaumont child have filed a lawsuit against the Beaumont Independent School District to obtain reimbursement for more than $359,000 in private school expenses.
Last March, the Southeast Texas Record reported on litigation filed by Brenda Narcisse, a Jefferson County resident, who sued the Beaumont Independent School District and one of its bus drivers.
Demolition of South Park Middle School began on April 2. Even though demolition of South Park Middle School began on April 2, the battle between the Beaumont Independent School District and residents who fought to preserve the campus lingers on in the Ninth District Court of Appeals.
The mother of a minor girl has filed suit against the Beaumont Independent School District, alleging her daughter was injured when a school bus was involved in a collision.
In February, the Southeast Texas Record reported on a suit filed by a group of electricians and their union against 10 contractors and two school districts, alleging the defendants did not follow prevailing wage laws when they paid the electricians.
After a nine-month legal battle, demolition of South Park Middle School began on April 2. On Good Friday, a massive backhoe crushed the front steps leading up to South Park Middle School, ending a nine month struggle between the Beaumont Independent School District and residents who wished to preserve the 87-year-old campus.
A year after a Jefferson County jury found a Beaumont Independent School District bus driver responsible for causing an automobile collision, the verdict has been officially entered.
At the request of the Beaumont Heritage Society and local "Greenie" Eddie Estilette, the judge who presided over the legal battle to stop the razing of South Park Middle School modified his ruling March 31 to include several finding of facts.
In March 2008, Elizabeth Manning filed suit against the Beaumont Independent School District and one of its bus drivers, claiming the driver's negligence caused an automobile collision in December 2006.