Marshall Division of the Eastern District of Texas
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California woman files HRT suit in Marshall
MARSHALL � California resident Canstanza Raspa alleges her development of breast cancer, resulting surgery and mastectomy are the result of 10 years of hormone replacement therapy. -
Suit alleges postal worker ran over child
MARSHALL � While playing in the cul-de-sac of his Plano neighborhood in November 2006, court documents claim Eric Obregon was struck and run over by postal deliveryman Halton Wright, who was delivering mail in the area. -
Woman trips over pallet, sues Wal-Mart
MARSHALL -- Seeking more than $100,000, Patsy Nan Golightly is suing Wal-Mart after she tripped over an empty wooden pallet and fell. -
Wrongful death suit faults Lexus for lack of electronic stability control
Lexus ES300 MARSHALL � While driving his Lexus down a Texas interstate, Thomas Lee lost control and slid across the road, hitting an 18-wheeler. The impact killed his wife Felicia Marie Lee, who was riding in the front passenger seat. -
Man sues Goodyear for gender discrimination
MARSHALL -- A man working at the Goodyear plant in Tyler claims he was terminated because he is male. -
Former Terminix manager sues over wrongful termination
MARSHALL � Terminix branch manager Jaclyn Baker claims she was fired for making complaints about her supervisors, court papers say. -
Colorado couple files slip-and-fall suit against Whataburger
MARSHALL � Arriving early for a business meeting at a Whataburger, Vernon and Jacque Wallis notified a cashier that the floor was slippery. -
Louisiana couple sues after oilfield accident
MARSHALL � A Boone Oilfield Consulting employee said he was injured when an un-anchored pipe flow line ruptured while he was working as a flow-back hand on a natural gas well. -
Charity sues charity for theft of donor list
MARSHALL � Two employees and a board member of the Longview charity American Syringomyelia Alliance Project ("ASAP") recently resigned and started a new nonprofit with the same mission. -
GM sued after sports car rollover
MARSHALL -- While driving a 2007 Saturn Sky, Stephen Slider lost control and hit a concrete culvert, causing the vehicle to roll over. -
Worker alleges wrongful termination for broken back, but company shows plaintiff doing yardwork
MARSHALL � While installing an elevator motor at Pilgrim's Pride, Brian Barton fell when a coworker moved the ladder that he was standing on. As Barton was falling, his back hit the railing and steps of the ladder. -
Class action filed against LifeLock for deceptive marketing
Lifelock CEO Todd Davis confidently displays his own social security number in ads for his identity protection company. MARSHALL � The self-proclaimed industry leader in identity theft protection, LifeLock Inc., is facing its fourth class action that alleges the company commits deceptive and misleading marketing regarding its ability to prevent any possibility of identity theft. -
Son sues 21 businesses after mom breaks ankle
Brian Eberstein MARSHALL � Less than three weeks into her stay at a nursing home, 68-year-old Ruth Bapties broke her ankle during a physical therapy session. Her son believes the nursing home's actions were negligent and violated a Texas penal statute passed to protect the elderly. -
Man shocked using golf ball retriever
This photo from the ProLine Sports Web site shows the Igotcha Ball Retriever in action. MARSHALL � During a round of golf at the Oak Forest Country Club in Longview, Jordan Hunt failed to make par when his golf ball landed in the creek that runs across the country club. -
Father crashes helicopter, then sues helicopter's manufacturer
A Robinson Helicopter R44 Raven I MARSHALL � While flying a Robinson Helicopter R 44 Raven I to a private residence on Cedar Creek Lake, Jay Scott Roden lost control and crashed the helicopter. Roden's wife and child were injured in the accident. -
Family's suit claims mother died from contaminated Heparin
TEXARKANA, Texas � The family of deceased Debra Spivey has filed suit against the manufacturers and distributors of the blood thinning drug Heparin alleging the drug was contaminated. The family claims that after Spivey was injected with the drug, she suffered a brain hemorrhage and died. -
Woman sues Bausch & Lomb after eye infection
MARSHALL -- Kathy Kennedy believes her contact lens solution, ReNu with Multiplus, has put her at risk of losing her eye. She argues that when she bought the solution, it was "defective and unreasonably dangerous" due to contamination. -
Suit alleges hand crushed when employee turned on roller machine
MARSHALL -- Lisa Stewart alleges that an employee of Milprint Inc. in Longview asked her for help loading material onto a machine, but when she attempted to help, Stewart states the employee turned the machine on, crushing her hand. -
Family of press operator invokes discovery rule, files suit for benzene exposure
MARSHALL -- After a 45-year career as a press operator for multiple newspapers and print shops in Baltimore Md., Neil Kelly was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia in April 2005 and died only seven months later on Nov. 16, 2006. -
Train conductor sues after collision with log truck
MARSHALL � A collision between a train and a log truck in East Texas resulted in a lawsuit filed by the train conductor against not only the trucking company he believes is at fault, but also against the railroad company he claims failed to provide for his safety.