The Jefferson County Bar Association will take time to recognize the valuable work lawyers do at no charge to represent those who cannot afford civil legal assistance.
A $40,000 Mercedes given to a female HealthSouth employee as a Christmas present has resulted in a fractured medical partnership, a doctor's termination, an FBI investigation and finally a civil trial in a Jefferson County court.
In a well-publicized case in 2007, Roy Pearson tried to get $54 million in a civil suit against his dry cleaner over a pair of missing pants, but his efforts were shot down by a Washington, D.C. judge.
Floyd The Ninth District Court of Appeals of Texas granted the transfer to Harris County of a $60 million oil and gas lawsuit which defendants argued was improperly filed in Jefferson County.
Valorie Davenport Making good on her promise, plaintiff's attorney Valorie Davenport filed an appeal June 2 over her lost medical-malpractice suit � a case in which the lawyers have created more attention than the plaintiff or defendants.
Davenport While plaintiff's attorney Valorie Davenport plots her next legal move after having her motion for a new trial dismissed, the judge who presided over the case is considering imposing sanctions against her client.
Next month, justices seated on Texas' Ninth Court of appeals will entertain oral arguments in a $60 million oil and gas lawsuit � which the defendants argue belongs in Harris County.
Although jurors found him to be only 30 percent responsible for causing an automobile collision several years ago, William Connally was still ordered to pay Sherrie Pool $1,500 in damages.
A Feb. 10 story on the Southeast Texas Record Web site, "Trailer companies sued after toddler unlatches ramp," incorrectly identified one of the lawsuit defendants through the use of another company's logo.
Although he was adamant in his testimony that doctors can only facilitate healing, a Jefferson County jury still levied a $1.5 million against Dr. Charles Domingues, finding that he could have done more for a gunshot victim.
Earlier this month the Record reported on three suits filed in Jefferson County against Mylan Pharmaceuticals over the prescription drug Digitek. Now, four more suits against the pharmaceutical company have been filed in Orange County.
Brian Sutton Doctors don't have complete control over the body's process of healing, said a local physician during a medical malpractice trial that began this week in Jefferson County.
Last February, the Southeast Texas Record reported on the trial of Roy Limbrick et al vs. Mariner Health Care Inc. (Green Acres Parkdale). The jurors sided with the children of Alice Limbrick, 94, and faulted the nursing home for the loss of Alice's legs, awarding the family $400,000 in damages.
For almost two months, the water-cooler topic around the Jefferson County Courthouse has been the bizarre medical malpractice trial carrying on in Judge Donald Floyd's 172nd District Court.
In October 2007, Roy D. Johnson filed suit against KDR Supply after one of the company's truck drivers rear-ended a vehicle in which he was riding. A year later, on Dec. 12, Jefferson County jurors awarded Johnson nearly $130,000 for his injuries.