Six months ago, local resident J.D. Roberts filed suit against Munro's Dry Cleaning, claiming not all of his clothes were returned to him even though he had contracted with Munro's to store them.
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.
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.
TEXARKANA, Ark. � An Arkansas man with diabetes but an otherwise clean bill of health claims his diabetes medication Avandia caused him to suffer a heart attack.
TEXARKANA, Ark. � A federal judge has partially dismissed a Taiwanese MP3 maker's claims that Apple Inc. is attempting to monopolize the worldwide MP3 player market by squashing and preventing competition from smaller manufacturers of MP3 players.
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.
TEXARKANA, Ark. � Working at a gas station and convenience store in Texarkana, Texas, Brian Douglas Hovarter walked out of the room he was working in, slipped on a puddle of water and fell, landing on his shoulder.
Ammons TEXARKANA, Ark. � While driving a 2000 Ford Explorer on Aug. 11, 2008, Mona Troutman suffered fatal injuries when she lost control of the vehicle and it flipped.
TEXARKANA, Texas � Injured while riding as a passenger on a Yamaha Rhino ATV, Krissi Henry alleges the vehicle was defective and unfit for its intended use and has filed suit against Yamaha.
TEXARKANA, Ark. � Although the woman's former employer says she was fired because a surveillance video showed her stealing, a hospital employee claims the real reason for her termination was the amount of time she took off for a medical condition.
TEXARKANA � U.S. District Judge Harry F. Barnes denied defendant's motion for partial summary judgment in lawsuit stemming from a 2002 motor vehicle accident.
West Orange-Cove Mustangs Former West Orange-Cove assistant school principal Jamie Wilson should have appealed her firing to the Texas education commissioner instead of suing the school district, the Ninth District appeals court in Beaumont decided on Feb. 12.
Jefferson County voters may have joined the majority of Americans in voting for Democrat Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, but the county's Republican Party still had its own type of victory on Election Day.
TEXARKANA, Ark. � An Arkansas woman claims that burns she and her daughter sustained were the result of a defective pressure cooker and have sued the product's maker
Westbound lanes of Interstate 10 are filling up as residents flee from Louisiana in advance of Hurricane Gustav. Local officials have called for the mandatory evacuation of all residents of Jefferson County beginning at 6 a.m. Sunday in anticipation of Hurricane Gustav.
TEXARKANA, Ark. � John Nash had a felony conviction, but when he applied for a job he claims the potential employer said his record would not be a factor. When Nash did not get the job anyway, he suspected it wasn't his felony that kept him from employment, but his race.
Mark Lanier Plaintiff's attorney Mark Lanier's ship came in when the SS Westward Venture docked in Beaumont last year. Lanier landed at least two clients who suffered injuries aboard the ship and filed two separate Jones Act suits last week.