By DAVID YATES The top funder of Democrats in the state of Texas was also the political figure behind “virtually” all the opposition to a bill aimed at curbing the surging trend of mass lawsuits filed after a hailstorm strike, says one tort reform group. For the past decade, Houston trial lawyer Steve Mostyn has reaped hundreds of millions of dollars suing the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and other insurers following major hurricanes and hailstorm strikes. And when Senate Bill 1628 w
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) – Based on Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s suit alleging multiple violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, a Hidalgo County district court has frozen the assets of and entered a temporary injunction against RGV Flamingo Pools International LTD, Pool Sharks LLC and owner Dennis Gomez on Sept. 5.
MCALLEN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott charged McAllen-based RGV Flamingo Pools International Ltd., Pool Sharks LLC and owner Dennis Gomez with multiple violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
Two years ago, south Texas was hit by two devastating hailstorms. Now the statute of limitations is almost up for residents to file lawsuits over their damage claims.
AUSTIN � Grieving daughter Debra Alvarez didn't force court decisions on her property rights in her deceased mother's tissues or the kind of injury she suffered when a dealer sold them, but an insurance dispute forces those decisions on the Supreme Court of Texas.
Guzman AUSTIN � Hidalgo County jurors who returned a $225,000 verdict against Rio Grande Regional Hospital for a patient's pain and anguish shouldn't have relied on testimony of expert witness Dr. John Daller, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled on Dec. 3.
Justice Phil Johnson AUSTIN � Hidalgo County jurors who blamed a Whirlpool clothes dryer for a fatal fire fell for flimsy evidence, the Supreme Court of Texas decided on Dec. 11.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � On the day Hidalgo County District Judge Noe Gonzalez planned to start a trial about cemetery owners who sold a plot twice and dug up a corpse to cover the mistake, the Supreme Court of Texas halted the proceedings.
