On Monday morning, the FDA gave full approval to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. This is an even faster approval than Pfizer has hoped for, as the most optimistic date had been early September.
HOUSTON — Burlington Coat Factory is facing a negligence claim after a customer tripped and fell over a skateboard that had been left in the aisle at its Houston store.
Our regular readers will recall our extensive coverage of the patent troll problems in the Western District of Texas, but it’s fair to say patent trolls find fertile ground in courts across the Lone Star State.
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 man claims the subcontractor who he hired to install porcelain tile, broke pieces of slabs during installation, failed to do proper workmanship and refuses to correct or repair his work.
The news over the past few years has offered little to cheer about, but a recent story reporting an unprecedented 43 percent decline in membership in the Boy Scouts of America from 2019 to 2020—from 1.97 million Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts to 1.12 million—was especially dispiriting.
HOUSTON — A offshore drilling worker is claiming he suffered permanent impairment of his earning capacity after tripping over a raised pipe on his employer's vessel and suffering serious injuries.
Shook has joined other large law firms in the United States and Canada in participating in the Mansfield Rule 5.0 Certification process, which launches July 15, 2021.
AUSTIN – Attorney Mark Lanier, who stands to make millions of dollars for his work on Texas’ antitrust lawsuit against Google, has donated $25,000 to Attorney General Ken Paxton, campaign finance records show.
HOUSTON — A federal judge has signed an order distributing over $24 million to royalty owners and the lawyers that represented them in a six-year battle over improperly paid oil and gas royalties.
HOUSTON - A pediatrician has filed a brief in opposition to a federal magistrate’s recommendation to dismiss her lawsuit against a state judge alleging racketeering and estate trafficking of her 91-year-old mother who died under court-appointed guardianship.
HOUSTON — A man claims he was a victim of an unprovoked attack by a security guard while walking through the parking lot of a Houston business after being dragged to the ground and handcuffed.
HOUSTON — A customer at an Academy Sports + Outdoors store claims he suffered injuries when he attempted to enter an occupied dressing room that had a vacancy display and a broken lock.
AUSTIN – On Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott signed the Pandemic Liability Protection Act into law. The Act went into effect immediately because Senate Bill 6 was passed by both chambers by supermajorities.
