BEAUMONT – Two years ago, a jury awarded a local man more than $17 million in damages for injuries he received when a truck driver for Genesis Energy slammed into the rear of his smoking vehicle.
HOUSTON - The 14th Court of Appeals recently reversed a ruling granting Harris County immunity in a lawsuit brought over an automobile collision with a deputy.
It’s been going on for more than a decade: the lobbying to let lawyers filing contingency-based lawsuits deduct fees and expenses immediately from tax returns. Such expenses have long been treated as loans to clients, recoverable at settlement – or, in case of a loss in court, deducted from tax returns at the conclusion of a case.
A guy goes out to eat, has a few drinks, and on the way home his car slams into several police officers involved in a traffic stop in a blocked-off lane of an expressway.
BEAUMONT – A $27 million judgment against UPS was wiped by the Ninth Court of Appeals today, as justices have ordered the case be transferred out of Jefferson County.
HOUSTON — Pedestrians who were struck by a drunk driver while walking through the parking lot of a Houston restaurant and bar are alleging the negligence of the intoxicated driver and the bar that served him the alcohol.
HOUSTON — The manufacturer of an XTV is facing a suit alleging the vehicle's defective floorboard allowed a tree root to come through and into a man's leg.
The following cases categorized as "contract - consumer/commercial/debt" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on July 1. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
HOUSTON — A Harris County METRO bus passenger claims she was thrown to the ground and suffered injuries when the bus driver started driving before she was seated.
The following cases categorized as "contract - consumer/commercial/debt" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on June 29. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
HOUSTON — A delivery driver alleges he was injured after falling off a tank at a oil well drilling site.Mario Sanchez filed a complaint June 30 in Harris County District Court against Luxe Operating LLC and Nabors Industries Inc., alleging neglience. Sanchez, who was employed by Redline Hot Shot & Transportation, was driving an 18-wheeler to a Texas oil well site where Nabors was the drilling contractor, according to his suit.
Reed Smith is pleased to announce that David Cunningham, one of the leading minds in legal services strategy and innovation over the past 30 years, has been named to a newly created leadership role at the firm, Chief Innovation Officer.
