Seeking to reverse a ruling denying it sovereign immunity in a discrimination lawsuit, Lamar University has filed an appeal with the Ninth Court of Appeals of Texas.
It may be true that everyone deserves their day in court, but that sound legal maxim assumes that "everyone" has a plausible cause of action and is not merely a malingerer or a malcontent, a publicity hound or a paranoiac.
Hoping to put an end to Amy Modica's litigation spree, the city of Beaumont recently filed a motion to declare the Beaumont woman a "vexatious litigant."
Alleging a Beaumont police officer hypnotized her and killed at least 14 people, Amy Modica, who has filed about 12 suits in the last three years, filed a fresh complaint Aug. 10 against the Jefferson County Courthouse, Beaumont Police Lt. Bowls and the Beaumont Police Department.
Claiming she had to flee her government sanctioned home because of psychological and sexual abuse, Amy Modica, who has filed around a dozen suits in the past three years, filed two fresh lawsuits Monday against President Barack Obama.
Walker Adding to the dozen or so suits she's filled in the past few years, Amy Modica has now lashed out against Jefferson County Judge Ronald Walker by naming him as a defendant in her latest lawsuit.
Doesn't it seem like folks are screaming, "Enough already" more and more lately, what with bureaucrats and regulators and micro-managing busybodies assailing us with their cautions and caveats, advisories and admonitions?
During a summer in which most of us will not doubt be subjected to a seemingly endless stream of blockbuster movies characterized by explosions and gunfire, it might be refreshing to consider that not every true crime story features a Glock, an Uzi or a Smith & Wesson.
Motorists who unexpectedly met six years ago in an automobile collision will come together again as a trial over the incident begins in a Jefferson County courtroom.
Overwhelmed by what he saw as the idiocy of a recent complaint to the Texas Commision on Environmental Quality, Limestone County Judge Daniel Burkeen felt compelled to author an appropriate response after being asked to investigate whether a hunting lodge owner was allowing patrons to defecate in the woods.
Scott After three weeks of heavy testimony and evidence, jurors tasked to decide if a benzene supplier was responsible for a man's death retired on Tuesday, May 11, to begin deliberations.
In January 2009, six former Wal-Mart employees filed a lawsuit against the mega-retailer, alleging the company wrongfully terminated them for completing an employee survey more than once.
Abbott DALLAS (Legal Newsline)-Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has been asked to opine as to whether Dallas County Commissioners have the authority to hire outside lawyers to represent the county in certain civil cases, his office said Friday.
Last week, three appellate justices were told by an attorney representing the family of the late Christopher Scarborough that pharmacies have an obligation to investigate individuals seeking to have their prescriptions filled.
Johnson TEXARKANA, Ark. -- In an offshoot to the Colossus class action, American National Property and Casualty Co., the only remaining defendant, is asking the Miller County judge to rule on a joint motion filed almost two years ago.
Arguing that it was none of the public's concern, attorney Brent Coon - one of Texas' most colorful attorneys - had a local judge seal an arbitration award stemming from a lawsuit over asbestos attorney's fees.
The doctor who treated the late Stacy Meaux recently testified during a malpractice trial that he could have done more to prevent her fatal heart attack.