HOUSTON – Claiming that he contracted a severe bacterial infection as a result of a poorly maintained public swimming pool at a local 24 Hour Fitness facility, Texas resident Albert Guerra has filed a state district lawsuit against the California-based exercise-oriented chain.
HOUSTON – A dispute over dogs two years ago purportedly led to a Houston police officer shooting a man, according to a recently filed state district lawsuit.
HOUSTON – A former director with Culinary Institute, Inc. has brought a lawsuit against vocational school, alleging she was subjected to “unequal treatment, discrimination, and harassment by fellow employees.”
HOUSTON – An active member of the Texas State Guard, Army Branch says he was terminated from his civilian job because he reported for Hurricane Harvey-related duty.
HOUSTON – Tellez Machine, Inc. has pursued legal action against a principal shareholder, alleging the individual made disparaging remarks about the business.
HOUSTON – The 14th Court of Appeals for the State of Texas upheld a summary judgment entered in favor of the state of Texas by the 80th District Court of Harris County in a Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act lawsuit, according to an opinion filed by the appeals court on Feb. 27.
HOUSTON - International Medicine Center Enterprises (IMC) was awarded court costs on Oct. 26 in a judgement by the Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas in a lawsuit against a service provider IMC contended had engaged in deceptive business practices.
HOUSTON — A Rosenberg couple is suing a Houston swimming pool construction business, alleging breach of contract and fraud for failure to complete work after a payment had been made.
A metalworker is suing Alabama Metal Industries and an employment agency, Automation Temporary Service, alleging insufficient measures were taken to prevent workplace injuries.
AUSTIN - The Texas House Insurance Committee recently met to hear testimony on the impact of mass hail litigation – a surge driven by trial lawyers out for profit, a tort reform advocate argued during the hearing.
AUSTIN – Next month, members of the Texas House of Representatives will hear testimony on the trend of mass litigation that now follows every storm strike within the Lone Star State.
SAN ANTONIO - The Texas law firm Speights & Worrich, which specializes in insurance disputes, has announced its decision to “significantly downsize,” claiming a barratry class action has “wrongfully damaged” the firm’s “professional reputation.” Other sources confidentially tell the Record that the law firm is actually dissolving and transferring all of its current clients to another law firm.
DALLAS – In May, the Record reported on a barratry class action alleging Texas hail lawyers, public adjusters and roofers are currently involved in an “elaborate web of fraud” to “line their pockets” by taking advantage of storm victims. Plaintiff Juan Guerra, who originally filed his petition of intervention in an already ongoing RICO lawsuit, specifically named the Texas law firm Speights & Worrich, which claims to specialize in insurance disputes.
HOUSTON – The son of deceased former National Basketball Association superstar Moses Malone has taken a Houston restaurant to court following what he claims was an assault by several men.
McALLEN – A federal judge in McAllen recently closed more than a dozen hails claims, all of which were handled by the Mostyn Law Firm, in a single day.
DALLAS – Texas-based Speights & Worrich law firm was recently non-suited from barratry litigation alleging, hail lawyers, public adjusters and roofers were involved in an “elaborate web of fraud” to “line their pockets” by taking advantage of storm victims. In March 2015, Ambrocia Ortega filed a RICO suit against several business and individuals, alleging an “Insurance Claim Contract” had been executed with defendant Lambcorp in 2013 to repair the plaintiff’s roof.
