Bryan Blevins During his career as a boilermaker and general laborer, W.Z. Hutson worked around asbestos. When he developed an "asbestos-related disease," he sued and received a claim.
Bryan Blevins Attorney Bryan Blevins of Provost Umphrey has filed a suit on behalf of refinery worker against A.O. Smith Corp. and 78 other corporations for distributing asbestos-containing products.
An asbestos suit filed by Provost Umphrey takes up about half of the courthouse record's vault. Asbestos lawsuits tried in Jefferson County may no longer be a homerun, as two recent jury verdicts sent plaintiffs' lawyers from two renowned law firms back to the dugout on strikes.
TEXARKANA -- The Beaumont law firm Provost Umphrey is representing plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit against GlaxoSmith Kline over the diabetes drug Avandia.
In 2003, Carolyn Henderson was injured in an automobile collision when an "underinsured motorist" swerved into her lane. After the incident, Henderson petitioned her insurance company, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance, for her policy benefits but claims she was unjustly turned down.
Keith Hyde Alfred Willis, a former Texaco employee, died of lymphoma last January. Now, his wife, Betty Wills, and child, Alpha Shine, are suing the oil company, which they claim negligently exposed him to benzene.
Nurses at the Senior Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center instructed Mae Badeaux to call if she needed assistance, but later found the woman on the floor after attempting to go to the bathroom by herself.
David Wilson Kansas City Southern Railway Co. employee James Walter Murray has filed a Federal Employers Liability Act suit against the railroad claiming he suffered a foot injury due to the company's alleged negligence.
Angela Broussard, 22, suffered from nausea and stomach cramps after having a cholecystectomy performed at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas last year.
While the "if a tree falls and nobody hears it" philosophical question still remains unanswered, Jefferson County jurors were able to answer a question of a more legal nature: If a tree falls during Hurricane Rita is it considered an Act of God or negligence?
D'Juana Parks The wife of a deceased refinery worker has filed suit against four oil companies, claiming her husband was negligently exposed to benzene.
Bryan Blevins Failing to clarify if his client is suffering from an asbestos-induced illness or dead, Provost Umphrey attorney Bryan Blevins filed a suit on Robert T. Booker's behalf against the A.O. Smith Corp. and 51 other companies.
Brent Coon Attorney Brent Coon needs to stop trying to force his former employers at the Provost Umphrey Law Firm into arbitration over tobacco fees, a Jefferson County judge ruled recently.