HOUSTON — A former Harris Health System worker claims the company failed to address the racial discrimination and hostile work environment she faced from a co-worker.
The following cases categorized as "cases appealed from lower courts" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on Aug. 23. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The Harris County Civil Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by Tomball Texas Hospital Company LLC against Rauf Baig and Shazia Baig on Aug. 23.
In 2004 my dad had his first dialysis treatment after flatlining from a heart procedure. We were not sure he would make it through the night as his organs were shutting down, but we were told that dialysis would help and at the time, we wanted to just do whatever was needed to save him. When my dad left the hospital, we were told that his kidneys would require dialysis in the future and his doctors would monitor him.
HOUSTON — A Jehovah's Witness who suffers from spina bifida alleges Houston Methodist Hospital supervisors and staff harassed and retaliated against him because of his religion and disability including forcing him to attend shift meetings called "prayer circles."
Last month, the city of Plano submitted for the approval of state Attorney General Ken Paxton a proposed contingency-fee contract with outside law firms Ashcroft Sutton Reyes, McKool Smith, and Korein Tillery.
Genevieve Clark is a registered nurse who injured herself while trying to transfer a patient from his bed to a wheelchair. Now she’s suing her employer for damages.
HOUSTON — A woman alleges the staff of a nursing and rehab facility allowed her mother to become dehydrated, malnourished and that they strapped her to a wheelchair and left in her in a corner hallway.
HOUSTON — A former Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center patient claims the hospital allowed her to develop a pressure injury which later became infected, while in the hospital for heart surgery.
HOUSTON — A patient is suing Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital and others alleging a surgical sponge was left inside her which caused the worsening of her Crohn's disease and other serious health issues.
Stella Liebeck was the 79-year-old New Mexico woman who spilled hot coffee from McDonald’s in her lap and sued the hamburger chain for the burns she inflicted on herself.
