The Grand Hotel, doing business as Travelodge Beaumont, filed a lawsuit Nov. 19 in the District Court of Jefferson County against Nikola Enterprises LLC and Chris Cain, citing breach of contract, fraud, negligent misrepresentation and wrongful lien.
TEXARKANA - An Arkansas woman has filed a lawsuit against a Texarkana podiatrist claiming the doctor failed to disclose the risks associated with numerous surgical procedures on her foot.
TEXARKANA - A Texarkana woman has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of her knee replacement device claiming she suffered personal injuries that resulted in revision surgery.
Claiming that his knee replacement device was defective, Fred T. Long Sr. and his wife, Joetta, filed a lawsuit against the device’s manufacturers Zimmer Inc., Zimmer Holdings Inc. and Zimmer Orthopaedic Surgical Products Inc. on Feb. 26 in Beaumont Division of the Eastern District of Texas.
HOUSTON - Complaining that Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. refused to retain her because of her gender, Harris County resident Anne Buckingham pursues legal action.
HOUSTON - The mother of a 24-year-old man who was allegedly shot to death by a Houston police officer on Christmas Day 2011 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Houston.
TEXARKANA- A maintenance supervisor has filed a lawsuit against the owners of the hotel where he worked claiming he was not paid overtime wages in violation of federal law.
A seaman has filed a Jones Act lawsuit against a vessel for allegedly traveling at an excessive rate of speed for inland waterways, which caused a large wake and resulted in his vessel’s mooring line to snap and hit him.
HOUSTON - Harris County resident Maria M. Nava has filed suit against APR Acquisitions Inc. after it allegedly fired her for complaining about discrimination.
Two former waiters, Samantha Patrick and Jamie Snider, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, filed a class action lawsuit against their former employer Madison Restaurants of Texas Inc. for not paying them the mandated minimum wage rate.
Burgess TEXARKANA - After suffering serious injuries when armor plating was dropped on his head, a heavy equipment mechanic has filed a lawsuit against a government contract company for negligence.
In ReedHycalog UK Ltd. and ReedHycalog LP v. Diamond Innovations Inc., a case from the Eastern District of Texas, the defendant's litigation misconduct and willfulness necessitated a finding of exceptional case and an award of attorneys' fees and enhanced damages.
In the recent Eastern District of Texas decision in Smith & Nephew Inc. v. Arthrex Inc., the federal court tempered the grant of a motion for stay of the permanent injunction pending appeal by incorporating certain provisions into the stay.
An interesting strategic decision by Alston & Bird LLP turned out to be very costly for their clients, E-Z-EM Inc. and ACIST Medical Systems Inc. ("Defendants"), and serves as a cautionary tale.
While many districts have and continue to grant stays in patent litigation pending reexamination, several recent rulings from the Eastern District of Texas have held the opposite, with potentially significant implications for the litigation itself.
