A local couple who sued the city of Beaumont after their teenage daughter and a police officer collided on a roadway has filed a motion for spoliation against the city, alleging officials refuse to hand over crucial evidence.
Walter Umphrey accepts the Blackstone Award from the Jefferson County Bar Association during Law Day ceremonies May 7. Eager to honor their colleagues and elect new leaders, dozens of area attorneys turned out for Law Day 2010.
The city of Beaumont, its police chief and its city manager find themselves defending their decision to promote a lieutenant without filling his position or appointing a new sergeant in his place.
St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica Two men working on a scaffold at St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica in Beaumont claim they were injured when the contractor removed two of the scaffold's supporting legs and it collapsed.
The owner of a Jefferson County apartment complex has filed suit against a contractor, alleging it lost rent after the contractor failed to complete work in a timely manner.
MCM Elegante Hotel Since Hurricane Ike struck in 2008, thousands of lawsuits against windstorm insurers have filtered into Texas Gulf Coast courthouses.
In spite of having a trial end its favor in October, Memorial Hermann Baptist Beaumont Hospital is presently asking a local judge to discard a $156,000 jury award and enter a new judgment of $261,000.
A man has filed an asbestos suit against 38 defendant corporations, claiming the asbestos-related disease with which he was diagnosed was wrongfully caused.
A total of seven new lawsuits against insurance companies regarding hurricane damage claims were filed in Jefferson County District Court, Oct. 19-23, 2009.