DALLAS – For more than a year now, State Farm Lloyds has been battling the surge of mass litigation being brought against all insurers within the state, capturing 16 trial wins before recently losing.
DALLAS – In May, the Record reported on a barratry class action alleging Texas hail lawyers, public adjusters and roofers are currently involved in an “elaborate web of fraud” to “line their pockets” by taking advantage of storm victims. Plaintiff Juan Guerra, who originally filed his petition of intervention in an already ongoing RICO lawsuit, specifically named the Texas law firm Speights & Worrich, which claims to specialize in insurance disputes.
A professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center claims in a lawsuit filed late last month that the Dallas medical education and biomedical research institution subjected her to age and sex discrimination.
DALLAS – Texas-based Speights & Worrich law firm was recently non-suited from barratry litigation alleging, hail lawyers, public adjusters and roofers were involved in an “elaborate web of fraud” to “line their pockets” by taking advantage of storm victims. In March 2015, Ambrocia Ortega filed a RICO suit against several business and individuals, alleging an “Insurance Claim Contract” had been executed with defendant Lambcorp in 2013 to repair the plaintiff’s roof.
Dallas-based custom clothier J Hilburn, Inc. has been accused in a former executive’s lawsuit of subjecting the plaintiff to sex and age discrimination prior to ultimately terminating her.
DALLAS – State Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, is suing Dez Bryant, alleging the Cowboys’ star receiver inflicted more than $61,000 in damages to his rental home.
DALLAS – A motion to dismiss has been filed in a lawsuit brought by a pet sitting company against a Plano couple who allegedly disparaged the critter watchers in a Yelp review and on national television.
GALVESTON – A Comal County couple has filed suit against a Dallas County man alleging he damaged their Galveston vacation condominium through faulty repairs.
State Farm continues to pile up its victories against Houston attorney Steve Mostyn and his firm, coming out on top in a recent hail trial in Dallas County.
DALLAS - A piece of barratry litigation out of Dallas County alleges Texas hail lawyers, public adjusters and roofers are currently involved in an “elaborate web of fraud” to “line their pockets” by taking advantage of storm victims. Last March, Ambrocia Ortega filed a RICO suit against several business and individuals, alleging an “Insurance Claim Contract” had been executed with defendant Lambcorp in 2013 to repair the plaintiff’s roof.
When it rains, it pours. For Steve Mostyn, that's usually a good thing. The wind and rain that come with hurricanes and other storms, wreaking havoc on homes and businesses, are bad news for the owners of damaged property, but good news for Mostyn, because he is an attorney specializing in suing insurance companies (and the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association), ostensibly on behalf of property owners with unsatisfied damage claims.
Whether Jay Z’s sports marketing firm Roc Nation poached Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant from another sports marketing firm is now the sole issue in a year-old civil suit following a Texas judge’s decision to dismiss another claim in the case last week.
Draftkings recently sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, seeking to stop him “from further acting to eliminate daily fantasy sports contests (DFS) enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of Texans for the past decade.” Paxton released an advisory opinion on Jan. 19 essentially stating fantasy sport gambling is illegal under Texas law.
