HIDALGO COUNTY - FedEx, along with several other transportation companies, have been hit with a lawsuit accusing their drivers of failing to “exercise extreme caution in hazardous conditions” during the February freeze.
Did U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas’ 15th Congressional District violate ethics rules that prohibit House members from “engaging in professions that provide services involving a fiduciary relationship, including the practice of law”?
HIDALGO COUNTY - U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez received $118,125 for the few weeks of work he put in on a construction defect lawsuit, not a bad payday when considering his yearly salary in Congress is $174,000.
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced a coordinated bipartisan agreement with county leaders from around the state regarding the way Texas will direct future settlement money to people most impacted from the opioid epidemic. Texas is one of the lead states currently negotiating financial settlements with the nation’s largest companies in the opioid supply chain.
AUSTIN – Rather than comply with a decision from the state’s chief attorney, a Corpus Christi law firm sued the Texas Attorney General’s Office – a move aimed at keeping how much trial lawyers, including a sitting member of Congress, profited from a construction defect lawsuit filed by Hidalgo County under wraps.
McALLEN – A settlement agreement obtained by The Record reveals that Hidalgo County was issued a check for more than $668,000 for a construction defect lawsuit – a case that entitles a sitting member of Congress to a cut of the action.
Over the past several years, there has been a dramatic increase in litigation brought by local governments across Texas utilizing outside lawyers hired on a contingent-fee basis. Much of this litigation has been driven by law firms that have engaged in aggressive marketing efforts, enticing local officials with the prospect of a financial windfall at no risk to them. The nature of these lawsuits varies widely, but includes numerous lawsuits against pharmaceutical manufacturers, automobile manufacturers, construction companies, and other businesses.
McALLEN – Only three months ago, a sitting member of Congress signed a “modified” contingency fee contract to represent Hidalgo County in a construction defect lawsuit – a possible ethics violation.
HOUSTON – A Hidalgo County seaman is seeking more than $1 million from his employer over two injuries sustained while working in 2018, one of which severed a finger.
It’s fun when bullies stop picking on everyone else and turn on each other. We’re seeing this more often with advocates of political correctness running afoul of their own ever-growing list of strictures and being savaged by their even more intolerant fellows.
WASHINGTON – Once a regular on the list, Texas managed to avoid landing a “Judicial Hellhole’ ranking this year, but did secure a “Dishonorable Mention” for dishing out massive damage awards, including the largest in the nation for 2018.
Three years ago, State Farm defeated an attempt by the Mostyn Law Firm to inflate the claim of Hidalgo County homeowners already compensated for 2012 hail damage.
