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Recent News About Corpus Christi
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National article prompts revisit to Jefferson County silicosis case
Jefferson County has been in the national news recently,not for hurricane coverage but in an article about tort reform that named a local court as the first place a major company lost a silica trial. -
Job-Killing Asbestos Legislation
Water, in doses too large, can kill you. -
Four years later, Harron goes after Judge Jack
Harron Radiologist Ray Harron of Bridgeport, W. Va., swore he wouldn't pick a fight with a Texas judge who accused him of fabricating X-ray reports for asbestos lawyers, but he picked the fight anyway. -
No-proof-needed asbestos shake downs will cost jobs
The old proverb encouraging persistence, "if at first you don't succeed, try, try again," has apparently become the mantra of personal injury lawyers in Texas. -
State Rep. Ortiz calls for windstorm bill of rights
Solomon Ortiz Jr. Over the last few years, the Texas coast has been battered by several costly hurricanes, leading to a windstorm insurer exodus and an onslaught of hurricane-related lawsuits. -
Harron could lose New York medical license over asbestos readings
Harron ALBANY, N. Y. � Radiologist Ray Harron of Bridgeport, W. Va., lost his Texas and Mississippi medical licenses for supplying false X-ray reports to lawyers, and New York state regulators want to kick him out too. -
Justices: No workers' comp after shift ends
A drilling company roughneck injured after his shift can't collect workers' compensation, appellate judges ruled. -
Texas firms may be implicated in radiologists probe
JACKSON, Miss. � Just as X-rays allow patients to see through skin, X-ray lawsuits allow Americans to see through asbestos litigation that swallowed profits of American corporations and carried away their assets through bankruptcy courts. -
News of Harron's lawsuit in Mississippi nothing new for Texas
Dr. Ray Harron A recently filed Mississippi lawsuit accuses West Virginia radiologist Dr. Ray Harron and others of participating in an alleged scheme involving asbestos screenings for the purpose of lawsuits. -
Texas SC halts trial against cemetery accused of desecrating remains
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � On the day Hidalgo County District Judge Noe Gonzalez planned to start a trial about cemetery owners who sold a plot twice and dug up a corpse to cover the mistake, the Supreme Court of Texas halted the proceedings. -
Texas SC sees growing problem with inadequate expert reports
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � To the frustration of the Supreme Court of Texas, a state law requiring an expert report after the filing of a medical malpractice suit is increasingly rewarding weak reports. -
Texas SC enforces forum selection clause in contract case
AUSTIN � Hidalgo County District Judge Noe Gonzalez kept jurisdiction of a lawsuit that belonged in Illinois, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled on Jan. 9. -
Texas SC denies another claim by heirs of Padre Island
A recent decision by the Texas Supreme Court shuts down another dispute over the ownership of Padre Island by heirs of Padre Nicholas Balli. The court denied the plaintiffs' claim that a deed signed more than 150 years ago was a fraud. -
Good Judges Matter
Craig Enoch Most Texans make sure they know their children's teachers before sending them to school. Most learn about their doctors before entrusting their health to them. We seek information about these professionals because they can impact our lives. -
Texas SC: Defendant's income should be kept from jurors
Justice Scott Brister AUSTIN � Texas trial judges must never let jurors know how much money a defendant makes, the nine justices of the Texas Supreme Court have ruled. -
Texas SC reverses award to heirs of Padre Island after decades of legal disputes
A statue of Padre Nicolas Balli stands in Padre Island, Texas. A recent decision by the Texas Supreme Court may have finally put an end to the decades of legal disputes involving the heirs of the original settler of Padre Island. -
Petrochemical companies agree to settle with Texas AG for $6.5 million
Greg Abbott AUSTIN(Legal Newsline)- The operator of seven petrochemical plants in Houston and along the Texas Gulf Coast have reached a settlement with the state attorney general's office. -
Sex, fraud and the law
There's a sexual harassment lawsuit currently roiling the Texas plaintiff's lawyer community, and we're not sure what to believe. -
Texas seaman sues Virginia fishing company for injury in New York
GALVESTON � A Corpus Christi seaman seeks $2.5 million in damages from a Newport News, Va.-based maritime company for multiple injuries he allegedly sustained while on a commercial fishing expedition in New York, court documents say. -
Colorado couple files slip-and-fall suit against Whataburger
MARSHALL � Arriving early for a business meeting at a Whataburger, Vernon and Jacque Wallis notified a cashier that the floor was slippery.