With his father still presumably entombed in a vessel resting at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, Walter Morales has filed a Jones Act suit against his father's employer.
GALVESTON - A Houston attorney filed suit against BP Products North America Inc. on behalf of a group of workers who claim they were exposed to hazardous fumes while in the vicinity of the oil giant's Texas City facility two years ago.
GALVESTON - A Harris County man is suing a couple of construction companies for injuries he reportedly sustained from a fall at a job site four months ago.
Sotomayor WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, making her the nation's first Hispanic justice.
McGown Nearly two dozen suits against Mylan Pharmaceuticals have been transferred into Orange County District Court in the last three weeks, as a local judge is now in charge overseeing all Texas Digitek suits.
On May 28, a Travis County district judge ordered Texas House Parliamentarian Denise Davis and her husband Ian Hancock to fully respond to questions and provide documents about their finances in connection with a lawsuit they lost in July of last year.
GALVESTON � A two-car collision in La Marque which killed a 17-year-old Texas City girl and seriously hurt three other young women during the early morning hours of March 21 has spawned two lawsuits.
Steve Mostyn Southeast Texas' most prolific filer of hurricane suits didn't fare so well in central Texas last week, as an Austin judge has denied a motion for a new trial in a case in which a $439,000 judgment was levied against the lawyer's clients.
Ramona Romero Washington, D.C. � The Hispanic National Bar Association has named Ramona Romero, corporate counsel for DuPont, as president for 2008-2009.
ORANGE - The owners of an Orange furniture showroom have found themselves in court with the neighbor they asked to help move a couch, who is claiming he would not have injured his back if they had provided him with proper safety equipment.
AUSTIN � The Texas Supreme Court wiped out a Cameron County jury verdict that skirted a state law prohibiting recovery for personal injury when most of the blame lies with the victim.