The lyrics to Van Morrison's 1970 hit sum up pretty well how Provost Umphrey attorney Paul Ferguson Jr. must be feeling, now that the High Court has affirmed the reversal of a $32 million settlement he won against a national pizza chain three years ago.
BEAUMONT – The latest round of campaign finance reports show Baylor Wortham, a Democrat heavily funded by Jefferson County trial lawyers, significantly out raised his Republican counterpart in his successful bid to claim the 136th District Court bench.
VICTORIA – Texas mineral rights owners claim an oil company purposefully deceived them for at least two years by manipulating production data, according to a complaint filed in the Southern District Court of Texas, Victoria Division.
BEAUMONT — A pipefitter is suing multiple Texas companies that manufactured trichloroethylene products, alleging their negligence led to the plaintiff contracting a disease.
BEAUMONT- Valero Energy has moved for summary judgment in litigation brought by a former district judge, who sued the energy giant for breach of contract, seeking to extract more than $6 million in damages.
HOUSTON – Two Texas brothers, the subject of a lawsuit alleging violations of the state’s criminal barratry statute, claim the plaintiffs have ties to a competitor who directed them to make phone calls in an effort to secretly record alleged violations.
BEAUMONT – The Provost Umphrey Law Firm in Beaumont has been retained to represent two victims of the Aug. 12 flash fire at the Sunoco Logistics crude oil terminal in Nederland.
BEAUMONT – Funded by some of the most influential trial lawyers in Southeast Texas, the progeny of one current and one former district judge will seek to fill their respective father’s seats on the bench this election cycle.
BEAUMONT – The Provost Umphrey Law Firm is seeking to investigate the merits of a potential benzene lawsuit against Chevron USA and Texaco. Through PU attorney Keith Hyde, Betty Vera filed a petition to perpetuate the testimony of Manuel Vera Jr. on May 20 in Jefferson County District Court.
BEAUMONT – The Provost Umphrey Law Firm is seeking to investigate the merits of a potential asbestos lawsuit against Chevron USA and Texaco. Through PU attorney Keith Hyde, Diana Wyble filed a petition to perpetuate the testimony of Harry Doyle on May 20 in Jefferson County District Court.
BEAUMONT – A Status conference was held May 23 in a suit against a former district judge who had a process server arrested for allegedly disrupting his court.
BEAUMONT – More than three years after a deadly explosion at its Beaumont, Texas, refinery, ExxonMobil has settled negligence lawsuits filed by the parents of two workers who were killed and six others who were injured in the April 17, 2013 blast. The Provost Umphrey Law Firm in Beaumont represents the family members.
