HOUSTON - Another Hurricane Sandy lawsuit brought through the Houston-area Voss Law Firm was recently tossed due to apparent neglect. In October 2012, Sandy decimated the New Jersey and New York coastlines, killing hundreds and causing more than $68 billion in damages.
BEAUMONT - A former district judge who had a process server arrested for allegedly disrupting his court is now being sued by the man who attempted to serve him.
BEAUMONT – A Jefferson County teenager is suing a Beaumont family, alleging he was shot at least six times at their home, while visiting their daughter.
BEAUMONT -- Two attorneys from the Provost Umphrey Law Firm are being recognized among the best young lawyers in the state in the 2016 edition of Texas Rising Stars from the publishers of Super Lawyers.
The Beaumont Independent School District lost its bid to dismiss a suit brought by an educator alleging deliberate targeted racial discrimination over a seven-year period.
Dallas commercial insurance attorney Steven Badger charges that some trial lawyers try to intimidate insurers into settling unjust claims, using a “scare tactic” that “can amount to insurance fraud.” Says Badger, “Lawyers and their teams of experts will significantly increase the alleged cost to damaged items and often add entirely new damage claim components that were never part of the original claim submitted to the insurer.”
AUSTIN -- A Texas plaintiff has decided to appeal a ruling by a Texas appellate court affirming the decision that the state’s Commission for Lawyer Discipline is not required to disclose recommendations to complainants who file grievances against Texas attorneys.
On Dec. 16 Texans Against Lawsuit Abuse (TALA) announced a new statewide consumer education campaign, urging Texans to “Don’t Let a Lawyer Be Your Doctor.” Small business owners, health care providers and lawsuit reform advocates have joined forces to press for greater consumer awareness in personal injury lawyer advertising.
Earlier this month, a Houston man sued Steve Mostyn, alleging the renowned insurance litigator inflated the price of his storm policy claim by millions and then bailed once the insurer called the bluff, possibly leaving him on the hook for the company’s million-dollar lawyer bill.
On Dec. 8 Sick of Lawsuits announced the consumer education campaign, “Don’t Let A Lawyer Be Your Doctor.” SOL, a legal watchdog group of more than 200,000 people, says the new campaign warns consumers against believing everything they see in a lawsuit advertisement, and that they shouldn’t let a lawsuit advertisement scare or entice them into a lawsuit. According to a press release, the campaign is spreading the message through social media, media outreach and outreach to consumer groups.
The equity partners at the Provost Umphrey recently answered a lawsuit brought by Paul ‘Chip’ Ferguson, asserting their former partner took advantage of firm founder Walter Umphrey and his ailing mental condition.
The Provost Umphrey Law Firm and its partners, excluding the firm’s current managing partner, have sued several attorneys who left to start their own firm.
A Harris County man is suing members of the Harris County Sheriff's Department, alleging violation of his civil rights, pursuant to the constitutions of the United States and Texas.
For a quarter of a century, attorney Paul ‘Chip’ Ferguson Jr. spent his days working at the Provost Umphrey law firm in Beaumont, until the current president of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association booted him off the premises under threat of armed escort, according to a recent lawsuit.
