Attorney Brent Coon Jefferson County District Judge Donald Floyd has ruled in favor of the Southeast Texas Record, denying plaintiff's attorney Brent Coon's demand to question its editor and reporter.
Brent Coon has filed a motion for civil contempt against Southeast Texas Record editor Marilyn Tennissen and reporter David Yates for not appearing at a deposition last week.
David Seals, a former crew member aboard the vessel Ocean Champion, is suing his employer, the Diamond Offshore Co. and its subsidiaries, for $75,000 plus.
Plaintiff's lawyer Brent Coon thinks the multi-million dollar lawsuits he pursues in our county courts aren't newsworthy. We disagree, and because we do, he wants our news reporters hauled before a judicial tribunal.
OUR GOAL at the The Southeast Texas Record is to cover Southeast Texas' legal system in a way that enables you, our readers, to make the public business your business.
Ronald Coba, a native of Kenya, stood in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse recently to protest his possible deportation back to Africa. A man may soon be deported back to Kenya, Africa, for a crime he says he didn't commit. He claims his civil rights were violated by the Jefferson County judicial system.