HOUSTON – Once described as a “nightmare” for BP and Transocean, Tony Buzbee may be keeping someone new up at night now – disgruntled quarterback Deshaun Watson, who has already been hit with three sexual assault suits, with Buzbee promising more to come.
GALVESTON — A family is suing a Friendswood assisted living facility, alleging their relative died due to negligence and the failure to give him emergency medical care.
HOUSTON – A law firm that has handled “tens of thousands” of lawsuits against insurance companies is suing a bank for its expenses and fees owed from a Superstorm Sandy claim.
Neal Rackleff, who most recently served as Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), working closely with HUD Secretary Ben Carson, will rejoin Locke Lord as a Partner in the Firm’s Affordable Housing and Community Development Section based in the Austin and Houston offices.
HOUSTON – In May, Texas Watch, a self-labeled consumer advocacy group, released an opinion piece arguing an “assault waged by insurance companies” in the state legislature has left many Hurricane Harvey victims still unable to resume their lives eight months later.
Albert Betts, executive director for the Insurance Council of Texas, says Texans are being harmed by misinformation and half-truths about their recovery.
HOUSTON – Attorneys Muhammad S. Aziz, Larry G. Dunbar, and James E. Bradley have filed a lawsuit on behalf of nearly 150 Chambers County residents who claim they were displaced from their homes by a hurricane last year, per recent Harris County District Court records.
HOUSTON – A local mental health facility has sued its insurer and the company’s executive vice president for allegedly misrepresenting about its flood coverage, recent Harris County District Court records indicate.
HOUSTON – A pair of class action lawsuits against the federal government over Hurricane Harvey flood damage and a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to release water from the Addicks and Barker reservoirs are moving forward following a federal judge's decision earlier in December.
Galveston attorney Tony Buzbee is notorious for treating a judge to lunch after a favorable ruling, touting Starr County as a choice venue thanks to generous juries and judges, suing FEMA on behalf of hurricane victims dissatisfied with the free housing provided to them, and swooning after the Gulf Oil Spill at the thought of what he predicted would be “the largest case in the history of the United States.”
HOUSTON – When Steve Mostyn answered a legal malpractice suit brought against him earlier this year, the Houston attorney called the action “groundless” and “brought for the purpose of harassment,” requesting the court award him sanctions.
NEW YORK – On Aug. 1 Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the unsealing of a 50-count indictment charging Matthew Pappalardo and HiRise Engineering with allegedly altering engineering reports of structural damage caused to homes after Superstorm Sandy made landfall in October 2012.
Houston attorney “Hurricane” Steve Mostyn has answered a legal malpractice lawsuit against him, seeking sanctions and calling the action “groundless” and “brought for the purpose of harassment.” Seeking several millions of dollars in damages, plaintiffs Irvin and Nancy Harrison filed suit against Mostyn and the Mostyn Law Firm on March 18 in Harris County District Court, alleging the firm botched their Hurricane Ike claim.
Two lawyers are organizing a class action lawsuit against the Sabine River Authority for flooding damage caused when the floodgates at the Toledo Bend Reservoir were opened, spilling water at a rate faster than that of Niagara Falls.
