FORT BEND - A Texas jury has issued a $222 million verdict against Team Industrial Services (TEAM) for the death of Jesse Henson at the Jeffrey Energy Center power plant in Kansas, a press release states.
BEAUMONT – Back in December, the Ninth Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling rejecting an expert report offered by Christus Health Southeast Texas in a lawsuit brought by a patient who delivered her baby into a toilet while admitted to St. Elizabeth Hospital.
HOUSTON – The First Court of Appeals today affirmed a ruling granting SNC-Lavalin Engineers & Constructors summary judgment in a disability discrimination lawsuit.
HOUSTON – A jury recently found that a plaintiff who sued ExxonMobil for millions of dollars following a workplace injury was the one primarily at fault.
HOUSTON — A suit against a Houston senior living facility alleges it failed to take any action after a resident's possessions were stolen out of her room while she spent several months in the hospital.
BEAUMONT – Judge Mitch Templeton did not err by opting not to grant a new trial in car wreck suit that resulted in a jury awarding no damages, according to an opinion issued by the Ninth Court of Appeals today.
HOUSTON – The First Court Appeals affirmed today a lower court ruling opting not to reinstate an age discrimination suit against the Office of the Attorney General (OAG).
HOUSTON - A nurse who was injured lifting a “very heavy” patient won’t have to arbitrate her claim against CHG Hospital Bellaire, as the First Court of Appeals recently affirmed a ruling denying the health provider’s motion to compel arbitration.
BEAUMONT – The Ninth Court of Appeals recently affirmed a ruling declining to dismiss a lawsuit alleging an over prescription of anti-depressant medication led to an older man shooting himself in the head.
BEAUMONT – The Ninth Court of Appeals has reversed Judge Kent Walston’s award of $1.34 million to Aattaboy Termite and Pest Control – a judgment Walston handed down when the defendants in the case were without representation.
HOUSTON – After cutting out a good portion of claims, the 14th Court of Appeals is allowing a lawsuit against the city of Houston, brought after a fire truck allegedly ran a red light and caused a collision, to continue.
HOUSTON – For decades, George Foreman and his wife paid “exorbitant insurance premiums” only to find out their classic car collection wasn’t covered after a fire broke out in their garage.
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton has led a 14-state coalition before the U.S. Supreme Court in defense of the “public-charge” rule, a federal law prohibiting immigration by aliens who are likely to rely on taxpayer-funded government programs.
HOUSTON — The primary inventor of Shear Frac technology has filed a suit against his business partners alleging their efforts to seize control of the company and his intellectual property.
HOUSTON — A former ELD Holdings employee claims she was terminated for no reason and denied the eligible company shares according to her compensation package.
MARSHALL – While FedEx may advertise that it’s “everywhere you need to be,” apparently that slogan also applies to judicial venue, at least when the litigation is brought in the Eastern District of Texas – a preferred venue for patent suit filers.
