Southeast Texas News

Recent News About Galveston County

• Flying windmill case abated

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 18, 2011 @ 2:17pm

  GALVESTON - A local county court judge recently granted a plea in abatement in an electric contractor's lawsuit over an allegedly defective windmill structure.

  ---

• Plaintiff wants defense attorney barred from defamation case

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 18, 2011 @ 2:15pm

  GALVESTON - A Santa Fe attorney who alleges his hometown's police force defamed him is asking a local state district judge to disqualify the respondent's counsel.

  ---

• Malpractice case dismissed over lack of expert report

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 18, 2011 @ 2:12pm

  GALVESTON - A local state district judge recently ruled in favor of a Texas City hospital in a convicted felon's $1.5 million medical malpractice lawsuit.

  ---

• Nursing home non-suited in wrongful death case

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 11, 2011 @ 11:41am

  GALVESTON - A local state district judge recently honored a Matagorda County woman's request to non-suit a League City nursing home from her wrongful death lawsuit.

  ---

• Man sued for damage to rented tractor

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 11, 2011 @ 7:16am

  GALVESTON � Galveston Rentals Inc. is suing Robert Foulkes in an effort to recover approximately $24,000 for equipment he rented last year.

  ---

• Woman sues over Galveston rental home lease

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 11, 2011 @ 7:10am

  GALVESTON � Lisa Turner claims Daisy Salinas tried to force her out of a contract for a rental home in Galveston, recent court documents say.

  ---

• Deed to La Marque residence leads to legal dispute

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 11, 2011 @ 7:00am

  GALVESTON � Alvin Antoine alleges that Taylor Antoine refuses to hand him the deed to a residence in La Marque.

  ---

• League City couple sues over motorcycle wreck

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 11, 2011 @ 6:57am

  GALVESTON � A League City man has filed suit over a two-vehicle accident which totaled his motorcycle and injured him and his wife, recent court documents say.

  ---

• Wrongful death suit filed over Galveston man's electrocution

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 11, 2011 @ 6:51am

  GALVESTON � A Huntsville man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his late son's employer in Galveston, recent court documents say.

  ---

• Texas City woman says debt collectors have harassed and annoyed her

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 11, 2011 @ 6:45am

  GALVESTON � Texas City resident Carolyn Gamble is pursuing legal action, alleging Credit One Bank and West Asset Management Inc. are attempting to collect an unverified debt.

  ---

• Builder sues contractor over unpaid work in Seabrook

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 11, 2011 @ 6:43am

  GALVESTON - WTL Builders Inc. is trying to recover approximately $8,500 from Watlee Construction Inc. of Texas and Sure Tec Insurance Co.

  ---

• Woman claims illegal detention at Galveston Wal-Mart

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 11, 2011 @ 6:30am

  GALVESTON � Complaining that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. illegally detained her, Patricia Silva pursues legal action against the discount retailer.

  ---

• Galveston sued by woman who tripped on Broadway sidewalk

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 11, 2011 @ 6:25am

  GALVESTON � Sheila Lund is suing the city of Galveston over a fall she reportedly took on one of its streets.

  ---

• Suit claims Santa Fe cop harassed boy over political T-shirt

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 11, 2011 @ 6:21am

  GALVESTON � A Santa Fe couple claims a Santa Fe police officer verbally and physically attacked their minor son at the Galveston County Fair and Rodeo two years ago, recent court documents say.

  ---

• Steel refurbishing company sued over work on staircase, exterior features

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jul 11, 2011 @ 6:10am

  GALVESTON - Michael Valentine has filed suit against Performance Powder Coating Inc. and employee Tommy Gibson, claiming the defendants improperly performed work on his staircase and other items.

  ---

• Galveston judge says BP Texas City pollution suits belong in England

  By Steve Korris | Tuesday, Jun 28, 2011 @ 3:58am

  Ellisor HOUSTON � As BP pleads in federal court that shareholder suits over the Deepwater Horizon explosion belong in England, Galveston County District Judge John Ellisor rules that shareholder suits over pollution in Texas City also belong in England.

  ---

• Couple sues woman who ran over son

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jun 27, 2011 @ 4:30pm

  GALVESTON - Luciana Rubio and Felipe Rubio Martinez allege that Alma Delia Solis-Espinosa ran their minor son over two years ago, recent court documents say.

  ---

• Certificate of discovery filed in toxic chemical case

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jun 27, 2011 @ 4:28pm

  GALVESTON - A certificate of written discovery was recently filed in a Galveston County man's lawsuit alleging naphthalene exposure.

  ---

• Judge dismisses woman's auto wreck suit

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jun 27, 2011 @ 4:25pm

  GALVESTON - A local state district court judge recently approved Yatasha Lacy's motion to non-suit a woman whose vehicle struck her along the Sam Houston Tollway in Houston last August, dismissing the defendant and disposing the case.

  ---

• Doctor non-suits colleague from wrongful termination suit

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jun 27, 2011 @ 4:23pm

  GALVESTON � A Houston pathologist entered a notice of non-suit without prejudice in a lawsuit against one of her colleagues.

  ---