Joel Sprott Last year, Nathaniel Stephens sued Ashleigh Petry over a rear-end collision. Last week, jurors concluded it was Petry's negligence that caused the car wreck. Nonetheless, Stephens left the courthouse empty handed.
For the second time in just 13 months, Jefferson County jurors have been tasked to decide if a non-profit hospital endangered visitors by refusing to paint an unmarked curb that at least two people claim to have tripped on.
A Jasper County couple has filed a petition to perpetuate testimony from Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in anticipation of a possible lawsuit alleging the man had an allergic reaction to medicine he was given while at the hospital.
Last year, Christus Health Southeast Texas was hit with a $700,000 jury verdict for failing to paint a yellow hazard stripe on a parking garage step. Two weeks after receiving the favorable verdict, plaintiff's attorney Tim Ferguson filed another unmarked step suit against the non-profit hospital.
Walter Umphrey, left, with Lamar University President James Simmons at the naming of the Provost Umphrey Stadium. Beaumont attorney Walter Umprhey's name keeps popping up all over Texas, and not just in the courtroom. When the Lamar University football team returns to the gridiron two years from now it will be in the newly named Provost Umphrey Stadium.
A man has filed a personal injury suit against a locally-owned delicatessen chain, claiming he fell because of an allegedly dangerous condition of the floor.
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline)-Rachael Ray's daytime cooking show faces a $1 million lawsuit from a former employee who claims that he was forced to leave his job because he suffered from an eating disorder.
After learning a church-run preschool had been cited by the state 35 times over the past three years, two fuming parents filed suit against Wesley United Methodist Church � alleging the "wrongdoers seem to like to 'talk the talk' of safety instead of actually 'walk that walk' to protect children."
MARSHALL � A collision between a train and a log truck in East Texas resulted in a lawsuit filed by the train conductor against not only the trucking company he believes is at fault, but also against the railroad company he claims failed to provide for his safety.
Yelling "timber" would not have stopped a freshly-cut tree from falling on power lines and damaging the wiring and appliances in Teresa and Tony Reed's Vidor home.
During her lunch break, Katherine Ferguson went to the Beaumont Academy to exchange a pair of shoes. When she couldn't find anyone to help her, Ferguson, pressed for time, grabbed a footstool and attempted to snatch some sneakers off a high shelf.