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• Woman sues over botched breast reduction surgery

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Nov 28, 2011 @ 9:43am

  GALVESTON - A Jefferson County woman who claims her breast surgery has left her disfigured has filed a medical malpractice suit against her doctor.

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• Man seeks judicial review of workforce decision

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Nov 28, 2011 @ 9:37am

  GALVESTON - Steve McCrory is asking a local state district judge to conduct a de novo judicial review of the Texas Workforce Commission's recent decision regarding the disbursement of a former employee's unemployment benefits.

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• Seaman claims injuries when ship ran aground

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Nov 28, 2011 @ 9:00am

  GALVESTON - Brazoria County resident Ronald Weekley claims he hurt his back when a ship on which he was working ran aground.

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• Man sues power company over crash with truck

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Nov 28, 2011 @ 8:47am

  GALVESTON - Galveston County resident Cedric Spurlock claims he was involved in a two-vehicle accident with a Texas-New Mexico Power Co. employee.

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• Santa Fe resident sues insurer over fire proceeds

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Nov 28, 2011 @ 8:44am

  GALVESTON - Santa Fe resident Thomas Scott Moss has filed suit against Texas Fair Plan Association, Farmers Insurance, Neil J. LeBlanc and Angela Johnson in an effort to recoup an insurance claim on his home.

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• Woman, grandchildren in legal dispute over property

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Nov 21, 2011 @ 6:40am

  GALVESTON - A Santa Fe woman and her grandchildren are embroiled in a legal dispute over local real property.

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• Cracked pavement blamed for fall at League City Wal-Mart

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Nov 21, 2011 @ 6:33am

  GALVESTON - After falling at a Wal-Mart last year, Brazoria County resident Melba Newberry has filed a lawsuit.

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• Company claims former employee disclosed trade secrets to competitors

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Nov 21, 2011 @ 6:29am

  GALVESTON - Garner Environmental Services Inc. claims a former employee is using and disclosing its confidential information and trade secrets to its competitors, recent court documents say.

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• Webster resident sues over wreck at BP facility

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Nov 21, 2011 @ 6:23am

  Pinkerton GALVESTON - Webster resident Dwayne Bobb is seeking $550,000 over injuries he received in a wreck at BP's Texas City refinery.

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• Parking contract for cruise passengers results in litigation

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Nov 21, 2011 @ 6:17am

  GALVESTON - Claiming Galveston.com & Co. committed actions which led to the loss of significant profits, Santa Fe Discount Cruise Parking Inc. is pursuing legal action.

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• Fiery crash subject of Galveston County lawsuit

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Nov 21, 2011 @ 6:13am

  GALVESTON - Alleging he was in a fiery two-vehicle accident four years ago, local resident Robert C. Gleichman has filed a lawsuit.

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• Electrical company says developer misrepresented role in condo project

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Nov 21, 2011 @ 6:00am

  GALVESTON - An electrical company claims a developer misrepresented itself as a prime contractor on a condominium project.

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• Hospital employee says he was attacked twice by coworker

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Nov 21, 2011 @ 5:59am

  GALVESTON - A Smith County man has filed suit against the Memorial Hermann Hospital System, alleging his employer failed to prevent a former co-worker from twice assaulting him.

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• Man claims injuries at home construction site

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011 @ 5:29am

  GALVESTON - Claiming he fell at a home construction site in Galveston, Seabrook resident Gary Hahn has filed a lawsuit.

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• Passenger sues driver who struck her vehicle

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Thursday, Nov 10, 2011 @ 9:59am

  GALVESTON - Claiming Summer Rose Uribe struck the vehicle in which she rode, Tanisha Vanhorne has filed a lawsuit.

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• TxDOT sues owner of ship that hit Galveston causeway in 2004

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Thursday, Nov 10, 2011 @ 9:48am

  Galveston causeway GALVESTON - The Texas Department of Transportation has filed suit against Marquette Transportation Co. Gulf-Inland LLC over an incident at the Galveston Causeway Bridge seven years ago.

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• Suit says Farmers won't pay uninsured motorist claim

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Thursday, Nov 10, 2011 @ 9:44am

  GALVESTON - San Leon resident Dung T. Phan is suing Farmers Insurance Group over uninsured motorist benefits, recent court documents say.

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• Inmate says neck surgery damaged vocal cords, sues doctors

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Thursday, Nov 10, 2011 @ 9:40am

  GALVESTON - Complaining a medical procedure has left him with "severe permanent injuries," prison inmate Paul Edward Bearden has pursued legal action against Texas Department of Criminal Justice physicians.

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• San Leon woman sues over dog attack

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Thursday, Nov 10, 2011 @ 9:37am

  GALVESTON - San Leon resident Kathleen McCarthy seeks more than $50,000 from Rick Harper for a dog attack in July.

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• Family of deceased worker files wrongful death suit against ship owner

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Thursday, Nov 10, 2011 @ 9:33am

  GALVESTON - The family of an Illinois man who died from injuries sustained during a fall on a ship more than six months ago have filed a lawsuit against the ship's owner.

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