McALLEN - A pair of school districts in South Texas are looking to sue their insurance providers over claims for damages caused by Hurricane Hanna last July.
AUSTIN – Legislation aimed at blocking employers from mandating vaccines has blurred the political lines, as many groups that usually support Republican initiatives are standing against the bill.
NEW MEXICO – A legal battle between an oil company and a servicer of the industry recently took a turn when the defendant filed a counterclaim alleging the plaintiff failed to pay millions in unpaid invoices and routinely misused equipment, which created dangerous working conditions.
HUNTSVILLE – Sam Houston State University is the subject of a federal complaint lodged with the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture by a national research watchdog after a FOIA report showed that SHSU confessed to the negligent deaths of 10 cows, a press release states.
As someone who lived in California and Texas for nearly my entire adult life, I read Kenneth P. Miller’s new book, Texas vs. California (2020), with considerable anticipation.
HOUSTON – A lawsuit brought against Union Pacific Railroad alleging the company failed to adequately warn them about cancer-causing soil and groundwater contaminants has been allowed to continue, thanks to a recent opinion by the First Court of Appeals.
Nothing better exemplifies the Gramscian “long march through the institutions” than the role of the American Bar Association in transforming America’s legal establishment.
HOUSTON — A woman alleges the staff of a nursing and rehab facility allowed her mother to become dehydrated, malnourished and that they strapped her to a wheelchair and left in her in a corner hallway.
HOUSTON — A former Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center patient claims the hospital allowed her to develop a pressure injury which later became infected, while in the hospital for heart surgery.
The following cases categorized as "contract - consumer/commercial/debt" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on July 13. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The Harris County Civil Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by Bradley Davis and Tina Michelle Celestine against Ali Moosavi and Sterling Banquet Facilities on July 13.
HOUSTON – At a public comment session hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday, Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee proposed reinstatement of chemical disaster rules rolled back by the Trump administration, and enhancing rules to address Harris County’s unique vulnerability to chemical disasters.
AUSTIN – On Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott signed the Pandemic Liability Protection Act into law. The Act went into effect immediately because Senate Bill 6 was passed by both chambers by supermajorities.
HOUSTON – McGuireWoods continues expanding its nationally recognized energy industry capabilities with the arrival of Houston M&A partner Edmund Daniels, who has significant experience in senior leadership roles at major energy companies and financial firms.