Smith On the heels of the Texas House of Representatives' successful passage of a lawsuit reform bill to reduce frivolous suits in state courts, a Texas lawmaker in Washington is hoping to push a similar bill on the federal level.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - After more than a year, the controversial nomination of trial lawyer Jack McConnell by President Barack Obama has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
Texas justices seated on the Ninth Court of Appeals recently determined a local judge did not err in granting the Lamar Institute of Technology immunity in a trip-and-fall lawsuit.
Ellison HOUSTON � BP shareholders suing individual directors over the Deepwater Horizon explosion should have sued in Great Britain, according to the directors.
Ajamie HOUSTON � One more disaster could spell the end for oil company BP, shareholders warn in federal litigation over losses from the Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill.
A Port Arthur woman, who fell while dropping her granddaughter off at a college childcare center, had her motion for reconsideration denied by a Beaumont judge on Monday.
Texas justices seated on the Ninth Court of Appeals will determine whether or not a local judge erred in granting the Lamar Institute of Technology immunity in a trip-and-fall lawsuit.
In a recent editorial, we praised U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R- San Antonio) for his opposition to proposed federal legislation granting a generous tax break to contingent-fee attorneys.
The aptly surnamed Arlen Specter is trying once again to bestow a generous tax break on the plaintiff's attorneys who comprise a significant portion of his and his fellow Democrats' contributor base. The efforts of the shifty U.S. senator from Pennsylvania are opposed, once again, by Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas' stalwart representative from San Antonio.
Smith Tort reform groups fear the Obama Administration and U.S. Department of Treasury are sidestepping Congress to give trial lawyers hearty tax breaks that will ultimately hurt the economy while benefitting the Democratic Party's donor base.
Di Leo NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - On the second day of defense testimony, a suit that involved the death of a woman in a New Orleans East hospital during 2005's Hurricane Katrina settled today in Orleans Parish Civil District Court.
Di Leo NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Defense testimony got off to a rocky start Monday in a liability suit involving a patient who died in a New Orleans East hospital that had lost power during Hurricane Katrina.
Di Leo NEW ORLEANS, La. (Legal Newsline) - The plaintiffs rested their case against Methodist Hospital in Orleans Parish Civil District Court Friday in a suit over a patient who died after the hospital lost power during 2005's Hurricane Katrina.
Imagine setting up trusts to settle claims for asbestos-related injuries and letting plaintiffs' lawyers administer them. Now imagine a baseball game at which the home team makes the rules. Who thinks that's a good idea?
Smith WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, the leading Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, on Thursday asked the director of the Government Accountability Office to investigate the secrecy behind trusts created to pay asbestos-related claims against bankrupt companies.
Floyd Not only has Marilyn Stern-Duhon's trip-and-fall suit against the Lamar Institute of Technology been dismissed, but the judge has also ruled "that all costs incurred will be paid by the plaintiff."