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Recent News About Galveston County

• Bathroom break leads to family held at gunpoint, suit alleges

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Friday, Jul 29, 2011 @ 7:35am

  GALVESTON - Brazoria County resident Jacob Mook has filed suit against Galveston local Henry Glamann, alleging false arrest and imprisonment.

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• Suit claims Galveston Housing Authority terminated woman as retaliation

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Friday, Jul 29, 2011 @ 7:19am

  GALVESTON - Alleging she lost her job as The former director of Housing Operations for the Galveston Housing Authority has filed suit against the agency alleging racism.

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• House fire results in suit against insurer

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 25, 2011 @ 9:28am

  GALVESTON � Complaining a misclassification of their Galveston home caused them to be deprived of full benefits in the aftermath of a fire last year, two Houston residents are suing their insurance company.

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• Woman claims injuries from docking ship, sues captain

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 25, 2011 @ 9:25am

  GALVESTON - After she was reportedly hurt while helping dock a boat belonging to Happy Hen Egg Farms Inc., Fort Bend County resident Shari Lynn Peterson has filed a lawsuit.

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• Head-on collision by alleged drunk driver leads to suit against Dickinson bar

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 25, 2011 @ 9:21am

  GALVESTON - Texas City resident Juan Antonio Robles is suing Dickinson establishment Fishbonz Investments LLC and Bacliff native Robert Gordon Harvey over an auto wreck in League City last year, recent court documents say.

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• Wreck on Galveston Seawall leads to lawsuit

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 25, 2011 @ 9:19am

  GALVESTON - Galveston resident Olga Kostenko has filed suit in response to a 2009 accident on the Seawall.

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• League City residents sue over wreck with cop

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 25, 2011 @ 9:18am

  GALVESTON - League City residents Robert James Beasley and Vera Ann Bila claim they were in an accident with a Kemah police officer and are suing the patrolman and the city, recent court documents say.

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• Defense seeks change of venue in dispute over real estate sale

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 25, 2011 @ 9:15am

  GALVESTON - Prime Income Asset Management recently entered its original answer and motion to transfer venue a month after it was sued over the sale of a Galveston apartment complex.

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• Defense files motion to compel in defamation case

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 25, 2011 @ 9:13am

  GALVESTON - Complaining Weldon Lee Miller did not properly respond to both its first request for production and first set of interrogatories, Dollar General Corp. has entered a motion to compel.

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• Defense expert selected in Galveston journalist's suit

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 25, 2011 @ 9:11am

  GALVESTON - One of the defendants in a Pakistani journalist's lawsuit has designated its lead attorney as its expert witness.

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• Plaintiffs receive $55K in suit against day care center

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 25, 2011 @ 9:00am

  GALVESTON - The parties in a Galveston County couple's personal injury lawsuit recently reached an agreed settlement.

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• Failure to build safe room leads to suit by homeowner

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 18, 2011 @ 3:00pm

  GALVESTON � Friendswood resident Chris Thibodeaux alleges RhinoVault Safe Structures is withholding his refund, prompting him to file suit.

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• Mother sues over drowning death of husband, children in Texas City Dike

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 18, 2011 @ 2:52pm

  GALVESTON � Harris County resident Edith Suarez is suing the city of Texas City over the drowning deaths of her husband and two children.

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• Woman struck by ceiling tiles sues Denny's

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 18, 2011 @ 2:50pm

  GALVESTON � After hurting herself at a local Denny's, Brazoria County resident Kathy Banks has filed suit against the eatery and its owner, Abdul A. Madani.

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• Couple sues insurer over wind, water damage to home

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 18, 2011 @ 2:37pm

  GALVESTON � In an effort to secure full compensation for their storm-damaged residence, Mark and Leticia Irving are suing State Farm Lloyds and employee Carl Scott.

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• Man in dispute with insurance company over long-term disability payments

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 18, 2011 @ 2:34pm

  GALVESTON � A Galveston County man battling mental health issues is suing his insurance company, claiming it stopped payment on his monthly benefits.

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• Galveston condo owners sue over defects

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 18, 2011 @ 2:30pm

  GALVESTON � Houston law firm Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Friend have filed suit on behalf of a group of Galveston condominium owners who allege fraud in the respective purchases of their units.

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• Friendswood homeowners claim hardwood floors are defective

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 18, 2011 @ 2:28pm

  GALVESTON - Sean and Kari Tracey are suing Monster Hardwood Floors and Supply LLC, T&L Distributing LP and ITS Flooring LLC over the flooring in their Friendswood home.

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• Woman sues funeral home for giving father's ashes to sister

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 18, 2011 @ 2:21pm

  GALVESTON - A Spring woman claims a local funeral home ignored her instructions regarding her father's ashes and has filed a lawsuit.

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• Woman sues landlord over security deposit

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 18, 2011 @ 2:19pm

  GALVESTON - Karen Radcliffe complains that Terry Blair refuses to return her security deposit to her, recent court documents say.

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