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Recent News About Galveston

• Judge denies UTMB request to exclude expert testimony in wrongful termination suit

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jan 16, 2012 @ 9:56am

  GALVESTON - A local state district judge has turned down a request from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston to exclude plaintiffs' expert testimony in a wrongful termination lawsuit.

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• Summary judgment sought in med-mal complaint

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jan 16, 2012 @ 9:50am

  GALVESTON - The defendants in a medical malpractice lawsuit arising from a sponge reportedly left inside a woman's abdomen have each filed motions for summary judgment.

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• Waitress's slip & fall suit dismissed with prejudice

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jan 16, 2012 @ 9:42am

  Eggleston GALVESTON - A lawsuit over a waitress's alleged fall at a Bayou Vista restaurant almost three years ago was recently junked.

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• Man says fall at neighbor's injured foot

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jan 9, 2012 @ 10:48pm

  GALVESTON - An Arkansas man says a fall at an acquaintance's Dickinson residence left him with a foot injury that rendered him immobile.

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• Suit filed over toxic release at BP

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jan 9, 2012 @ 10:46pm

  GALVESTON - A local man who was working in the vicinity of BP's Texas City facility at the time of an alleged toxic release last year is pursuing legal action.

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• Houston woman sues driver she claims was intoxicated

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jan 9, 2012 @ 10:44pm

  GALVESTON - Houston resident Melanie Szabo claims she was struck by a drunk driver in Galveston last July, recent court documents say.

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• Security company seeks payment for services

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jan 9, 2012 @ 10:41pm

  GALVESTON - Claiming Beachtown Galveston Corp. and Village One Town Center I LLC did not pay for protection systems they each requested, C3 Protection LLC pursues legal action.

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• Couple closes, reopens suit over defective hardwood floors

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jan 9, 2012 @ 10:38pm

  GALVESTON - A Friendswood couple's lawsuit over defective hardwood floors was disposed and re-opened within two weeks.

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• Case over home security deposit non-suited

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jan 9, 2012 @ 10:36pm

  GALVESTON - A Galveston lawsuit over a security deposit was recently non-suited, recent court documents show.

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• Defamation suit between exes dismissed

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jan 9, 2012 @ 10:34pm

  GALVESTON - A lawsuit stemming from false criminal accusations filed earlier this year has come to a close.

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• Take-nothing judgment entered in suit over engineering debt

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jan 9, 2012 @ 10:31pm

  GALVESTON - A contractor who was the target of an engineering firm's lawsuit recently received a judgment in his favor.

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• Woman says debt paid, sues auto lender

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jan 9, 2012 @ 10:26pm

  GALVESTON - Brazoria County resident Deborah Winchester is suing TransUnion LLC for relying on what she claims to be "old and obsolete information."

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• Continuance granted in umpire's suit over defective chest protector

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jan 9, 2012 @ 10:16pm

  GALVESTON - A Galveston federal judge recently approved a joint motion for continuance in a Houston man's lawsuit stemming from a cut-induced stroke.

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• Suit over botched oil change ends in take-nothing judgment

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jan 2, 2012 @ 1:23pm

  GALVESTON - A lawsuit targeting a local lube shop over a botched oil change has come to a close.

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• Fall at condo complex leads to lawsuit

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jan 2, 2012 @ 1:18pm

  GALVESTON - After injuring her ankle at a Galveston condominium complex two years ago, Linda Borton has filed a lawsuit.

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• Couple sued over debt to contractor

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jan 2, 2012 @ 1:00pm

  GALVESTON - Conn's Plastering LLC has filed suit against Cypress residents Charles and Teresa Zagst in an effort to recover $5,100.

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• Man's fingers crushed by cable, suit says

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jan 2, 2012 @ 1:00pm

  GALVESTON - Complaining a cable inflicted injuries to two of his fingers, Cleveland resident David Bright has filed a lawsuit against his employer.

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• Suit filed over fatal wreck on Gulf Freeway

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jan 2, 2012 @ 1:00pm

  Horowitz GALVESTON - New Caney resident Tommie Bennight has filed suit against Friendswood local Mitchell Childress and Farm Bureau County Mutual Insurance Company of Texas over a fatal auto accident on the Gulf Freeway.

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• Suit says driver popped wheelie, caused bike crash

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jan 2, 2012 @ 12:54pm

  GALVESTON - A Jefferson County woman is suing a Louisiana man over a motorcycle crash last year which reportedly resulted in the amputation of her leg.

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• Breach of contract suit filed over apartment renovations

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Monday, Jan 2, 2012 @ 12:16pm

  GALVESTON - United Multifamily Construction Inc. and Tarrant County resident Michael Noah say Dallas County business owner Jim Bonier failed to timely complete a project at a Galveston apartment complex, recent court documents say.

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