Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - The Texas Attorney General's Office, in an opinion requested by the state Board of Education, says state law doesn't allow the board to hire private attorneys to file a lawsuit on its behalf.
Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - The chairwoman of Texas' Board of Education is seeking the opinion of Attorney General Greg Abbott on a newly elected board member.
A total of 19 new lawsuits against insurance companies over Hurricane Ike damage claims were filed in Jefferson County District Court, Aug. 23-27, 2010.
A total of six new lawsuits against insurance companies over Hurricane Ike damage claims were filed in Jefferson County District Court, July 12-16, 2010.
From 1946 until 1955 Floyd Williams Sr. worked as a pipe fitter at the Port Arthur Texaco refinery. Five decades later he died of lung cancer. Williams' descendants claim their father was negligently exposed to asbestos during those nine years and are suing his former employer.