In February, the Southeast Texas Record reported on a suit filed by Green Tree Servicing, which claims a Jefferson County resident defaulted on a manufactured home retail installment contract.
Four years after being rear-ended at a Dowlen Road intersection, Gerald Sawyer has been awarded more than $16,000 for alleged injuries he suffered in the collision.
Last December, a Jefferson County judge dismissed a suit filed against the city of Beaumont by Sherry White, a local woman who alleges she was seriously injured after running over a pothole.
In early March, the Southeast Texas Record reported that a Jefferson County jury awarded Beaumont resident Clifford Teaslely $155,000 for injuries he suffered when a local police officer ran a stop sign and sideswiped his vehicle.
A Jefferson County jury has found that both the plaintiff and defendant in an automobile collision trial were each 50 percent responsible for causing the wreck.
In March 2006, Walter Harris sued the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department after a motorist ran a red light and struck the prison transport vehicle in which he was captive.
A Jefferson County jury recently awarded a man $155,000 for injuries he allegedly received when a Beaumont police officer ran a stop sign and sideswiped his vehicle.
Jefferson County jurors didn't believe that Darrius Spearman killed Marcus Allen in self defense at a Port Arthur night club, and Ninth District appeals judges don't believe it either.
Davenport Two weeks from now, justices seated on the Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals are slated to review a medical malpractice trial despite the fact that they have yet to receive any briefs related to the case.
Jefferson County Sheriff's Department booking photo of Joshua Bush from 2006. A physician attempting to remove a bullet from a patient's head without his consent is not a medical malpractice issue, a plaintiff will argue before an appeals court in Beaumont later this month.
Chief Justice Steve McKeithen Judge and jury plunged overboard when they treated a dispute over Hurricane Rita repairs as a crime, Ninth District appeals judges decided on Nov. 12.
A local plant worker injured by a conveyor belt is asking an appeals court to keep the Goodyear Co. trapped in his suit, even though Goodyear sold the conveyor 13 months prior to his injury.
Old In a surprising twist, stingy jurors found in the favor of the plaintiff in a case against HealthSouth on Friday, Oct. 23, but declined to award any money.
As of press time for the Southeast Texas Record on Thursday, jurors are still deliberating in the trial of Dr. Brent Mainwaring vs. Dr. James King and HealthSouth Corp.