Last August, a Jefferson County jury found benefits paid by the city of Port Arthur to one of its employees were not for injuries suffered in an automobile collision as the employee claimed.
Motiva Enterprises recently filed a motion for summary judgment in a wrongful death suit, arguing that there is no evidence it controlled work performed by a former Bo-Mac Contractors employee.
Horton The Texas Ninth Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of a former Beaumont police officer on Wednesday, finding that the trial court did not err in denying his challenge of three jurors.
A 62-year-old Leawood, Kan., lawyer has been sentenced to federal prison for investment fraud in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales in a statement Aug. 9.
Arnold A Jefferson County jury recently awarded a plaintiff more than $4.8 million in damages in a wrongful death trial against Van Dyke's Chesapeake Seafood.
Dugas Justices seated on the Texas Ninth Court of Appeals will entertain oral arguments later this week on whether there was enough evidence for jurors to levy a $1.2 million verdict against Christus Health Southeast Texas.
Dugas Last October, Debra Miller, the executrix of a Helen Gibson's estate, filed suit against the doctor and hospital she blames for nicking Gibson's colon during surgery.
Fulkerson A summary judgment hearing between ABClean and plaintiff Ruby Clurksy, who sued after being swung around by a backhoe, has been set for late April.
Arnold A June preferential trial setting has been slated in a case alleging Gulf Harvest Seafood caused a processing facility worker's death by failing to provide him with medical care after he was injured.
Itkin Rather than take its chances in court, Helix Energy settled a wrongful death case Monday, March 21. The company was set to go to trial that same day.
A new defendant, who just happens to be the father of the plaintiff, recently answered an electrical shock suit originally brought against Entergy Texas.
L'auberge Du Lac Hotel and Casino, Lake Charles, La. The Ninth Court of Appeals in Beaumont recently affirmed a lower court's ruling not to give a local woman a new trial, decreasing her odds to score big against a Louisiana casino.
A final take-nothing judgment has been entered in a suit claiming a Golden Triangle Powersports employee failed to reconnect a bike's rear brakes, causing the owner serious injury.
Several companies previously locked in a dispute over unpaid electric materials recently announced they wished to nonsuit all claims and counterclaims on file in their case.