The Jefferson County Coalition for Victims of Violent Crime dedicated its 10th annual Tree of Angels to remember crime victims on Dec. 7 at the Jefferson County Courthouse.
To raise awareness to the need to provide free legal services to the disadvantaged, the Jefferson County Bar Association will recognize National Celebrate Pro Bono Week on Oct. 25-29.
For the last eight days, 12 Jefferson County residents have been subjected to lengthy slideshow presentations and detailed testimony from insurance adjusters, as the trial of John and Deborah Cahill vs. Liberty Mutual entered its second week.
Five years after Hurricane Rita made landfall, Beaumont residents John and Deborah Cahill finally have their day in court and a chance to prove that their insurance company failed to pay the full proceeds of their policy.
Jefferson County corrections officers have filed a lawsuit against the county to obtain compensation for the overtime hours they worked during Hurricane Ike in September 2008.
A Jefferson County jury recently found that the worker's compensation benefits the city of Port Arthur paid to one of its employees was not for injuries in an automobile collision.
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department is seeking dismissal from an inmate's suit, arguing there is no evidence that it had anything to do with inmate Allen Granger's alleged injury.
Dozens of potential jurors returned to their jobs and homes early on Monday, as a perspective trial over a couple's Hurricane Rita policy claim was reset until October.
In February, the Southeast Texas Record reported on a suit filed by Green Tree Servicing, which claims a Jefferson County resident defaulted on a manufactured home retail installment contract.
Four years after being rear-ended at a Dowlen Road intersection, Gerald Sawyer has been awarded more than $16,000 for alleged injuries he suffered in the collision.
Last December, a Jefferson County judge dismissed a suit filed against the city of Beaumont by Sherry White, a local woman who alleges she was seriously injured after running over a pothole.
In early March, the Southeast Texas Record reported that a Jefferson County jury awarded Beaumont resident Clifford Teaslely $155,000 for injuries he suffered when a local police officer ran a stop sign and sideswiped his vehicle.
A Jefferson County jury has found that both the plaintiff and defendant in an automobile collision trial were each 50 percent responsible for causing the wreck.
In March 2006, Walter Harris sued the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department after a motorist ran a red light and struck the prison transport vehicle in which he was captive.