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Recent News About Marsh
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Woman alleges Taco Bell failed to promptly clean puddle on floor that caused her to fall
HOUSTON – A Taco Bell patron alleges she was injured when she fell after slipping in a puddle of location at a Houston location. -
East Texas jury slaps Samsung with $400M patent infringement verdict
BEAUMONT – The rocket docket in East Texas may be falling back to the earth, but the verdicts coming out of the federal district are still sky high, as a jury recently returned a $400 million finding against Samsung for patent infringement. -
Jasper man alleged to have failed to control speed in Jefferson County crash
BEAUMONT – An Orange County man alleges a Jasper motorist failed to control his speed and caused an auto accident. -
Driver, passenger seek damages from city of Houston after city employee struck vehicle
HOUSTON – Two Harris County residents allege a city of Houston employee's negligence caused a collision. -
Lino Graglia: The Happy Warrior Soldiers On
My law school years (1977-80) at the University of Texas were, in hindsight, close to idyllic. I loved my first-year professors, tuition at UT was dirt cheap, Austin was a wonderful place to live, and I reveled in the “college town” ambience, which was new to me. (Prior to arriving at UT, I had never attended a college football game. During my first year—when the Longhorns went undefeated in the regular season and Earl Campbell won the Heisman Trophy–I had season tickets on the 50-yard line at UT’s gigantic Memorial Stadium, for a pittance that even a broke law student could afford.) The post-game victory spectacle—honking horns on the Drag and the Tower lit up in orange—formed indelible memories. -
Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas
TYLER DIVISION Mar. 12 Cumberland Systems LLC v. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 6:18-cv-00116-RWS-KNM -
Union Pacific Railroad electrician alleges negligence caused injuries at Harris County yard
HOUSTON – An electrician for a common carrier by rail alleges he was injured by locomotives while working in Harris County. -
Late inmate's family brings wrongful death suit against prison operator
TYLER – The surviving family of a Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate who reportedly died about a week before his scheduled release has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit. -
Marshall's shopper claims coat on floor caused her to fall
HOUSTON – A shopper at the Marshall's store at the First Colony Mall in Houston alleges she fell in the store because of merchandise on the floor. -
Former Hudson and Marshall LLC bid coordinator alleges she is owed unpaid overtime wages
HOUSTON – A Katy woman alleges she is owed unpaid overtime wages from her former employer. -
Academy LTD assistant manager alleges she was terminated because of her sex
HOUSTON – A College Station woman alleges that a sporting goods and outdoor store employer terminated her because of her sex. -
Patient seeks millions from Plano Surgical Hospital after allegedly being discharged with internal bleeding
SHERMAN – A New Mexico woman is seeking $5 million in damages over alleged injuries sustained after a surgery. -
Dallas Co. woman says forced attendance of Halloween company party affront to her Christian faith
DALLAS – Halloween is associated with costumes, candy, and the occult, but to one Dallas County woman, it is an affront to her religion and a reason she allegedly lost her job. -
Desiccated by Judicial Dereliction
Originalism is a two-way street. Judges wishing to interpret the Constitution in accordance with its original public meaning must not import into their decisions policy proscriptions not actually derived from the text and structure of that document. Just as important is that textualism and originalism require judges to give force to all provisions of the Constitution, and not pick and choose which clauses to enforce. -
East Texas jury levies $21M verdict against Hughes Network Systems for patent infringement
MARSHALL – An East Texas jury recently found Hughes Network Systems should pay a defense contractor more than $21 million in damages for infringing a broadband patent used at offshore drilling sites. -
Sons of inventor drop patent suit against Disney over MagicBand device
BEAUMONT – The sons of a Texas inventor who challenged Disney Parks and Resorts for allegedly infringing their father’s patented wireless connecting system without authorization have dropped voluntarily their suit against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. -
Mother blames health care provider for botched baby delivery
BEAUMONT — A Lumberton woman is suing a Beaumont hospital, alleging its negligence caused her to suffer an infection during the delivery of her child. -
Michigan man's legislative prayer case no slam dunk
AUSTIN – A case in which a Jackson County, Michigan man filed an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit against the county, alleging that legislative prayers said during board meetings seems like a simple case. -
Allegiance Bank requests injunction against Clear Lake marina sale
GALVESTON – A Houston-based bank has asked a federal court for a temporary restraining order to stop sale of a Clear Lake marina in Kemah, property previously used as security for now defaulted loans. -
Can Activist Judges Be Controlled?
The disquieting spectacle of three unelected judges (all appointed by President Barack Obama) enjoining the signature initiative of the newly inaugurated President Donald Trump, without even citing the statute—8 U.S.C. section 1182(f)—that expressly authorizes the action they just stopped, has focused public attention as never before on the threat posed by liberal judicial activism to our system of self-government.