ORANGE - A Nacogdoches family has recovered $8.5 million in settlement funds for a February 2020 crash that claimed a man’s life. The family, represented by Ferguson Law Firm managing partner Paul ‘Chip’ Ferguson, secured the settlement four days before trial in the case was to begin in district court, a press release states.
The return of nuclear verdicts to Texas courts (and attorney television advertising) and the recently launched efforts of the medical malpractice plaintiff’s bar to convince the federal courts to strike down Texas’ cap on noneconomic damages in medical liability cases (which is likely to play out over several years) could potentially raise an issue for state lawmakers: is it time to consider codifying at least some objective standards and levels of proof for mental anguish damages?
WASHINGTON – The full Fifth Circuit bench ruled yesterday that Texas accountant Michelle Cochran has the right to challenge the constitutionality of her Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) removal protections in federal court before undergoing an administrative adjudication, a press release states.
The following cases categorized as "contract - consumer/commercial/debt" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on Dec. 2. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The Harris County Civil Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by People's Trust Federal Credit Union against Moustafa Khater on Dec. 2.
MOUNT PLEASANT - On Nov. 22 a jury rendered a total award of $730 million to the survivors of Toni Combest, a 73-year-old great-grandmother who was killed in a 2016 collision with an oversize-cargo truck hauling a propeller for a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine, a press release states.
AUSTIN - Lee Merritt, a civil rights attorney running for Texas attorney general, recently tweeted that “Kyle Rittenhouse was not” entitled to self defense.
The following cases categorized as "contract - consumer/commercial/debt" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on Nov. 10. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "contract - consumer/commercial/debt" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on Nov. 9. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
