BEAUMONT — GEICO recently answered a lawsuit brought by a local man claiming the insurer breached its contract. Arthur Louis Jr. filed a lawsuit Dec. 30, in Jefferson County District Court against GEICO Advantage Insurance Company and Gregory Paul Shello Jr. of Beaumont, alleging negligence and breach of contract. On April 11, 2015, the complaint states, Louis was involved in a vehicle collision with Shello, an uninsured motorist, causing severe injuries to Louis, for which he has
BEAUMONT - A motion to enforce a settlement agreement was recently granted in a suit brought by a Texas woman claiming her husband died from exposure to carcinogenic chemicals at work.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling awarding $5.8 million against Tyson Foods Inc. in favor of more than 3,000 workers from an Iowa meat-processing plant who were not paid for the time they spent putting on and removing required protective clothing and traveling to their work areas.
Valero Energy has denied entering into an agreement with a former district judge who sued the energy giant for breach of contract, seeking to extract more than $6 million in damages.
BEAUMONT - A former district judge who had a process server arrested for allegedly disrupting his court is now being sued by the man who attempted to serve him.
BEAUMONT – A Nederland man is suing a Dutch shipping company, alleging negligence after he said he suffered injuries aboard one of the defendant's vessels.
A Beaumont law firm is being accused of legal malpractice, allegedly neglecting a product liability case while all the while leading their former client, who was purportedly offered $20,000 to settle before suing, to believe litigation was still ongoing when in fact it was not.
BEAUMONT -- Two attorneys from the Provost Umphrey Law Firm are being recognized among the best young lawyers in the state in the 2016 edition of Texas Rising Stars from the publishers of Super Lawyers.
BEAUMONT - Unless the Texas Supreme Court steps in, the equity partners at Provost Umphrey have succeeded in forcing former colleague Paul ‘Chip’ Ferguson Jr. into arbitration under their terms. On March 3 the Ninth Court of Appeals denied Ferguson’s writ for mandamus and motion for temporary relief, finding that a trial court did not abuse its discretion in compelling arbitration under a partnership agreement instead of a settlement agreement.
BEAUMONT - A personal injury trial against the owners of an apartment complex ended with the Provost Umphrey Law Firm hauling in a $478,398.03 verdict for their clients.
BEAUMONT — The widow of an oil refinery worker is suing Texaco Inc. and Chevron Inc., alleging malice and/or gross negligence surrounding his exposure to chemicals in the workplace.
BEAUMONT — The children of a deceased oil refinery worker are suing Texaco Inc. and Chevron USA Inc., alleging malice and/or gross negligence surrounding their father's death from exposure to chemicals.
Story CopyNearly two years ago, Orange resident Vera Perry filed a petition to perpetuate the testimony of Mayo Perry, who allegedly suffers from lung cancer, seeking his asbestos exposure history while employed by Chevron USA.
BEAUMONT — A Beaumont man is suing GEICO and a motorist, alleging breach of contract and negligence regarding injuries the plaintiff says he sustained in a vehicle collision.
Last May, a Jefferson County woman and a Harris County man filed a lawsuit in Jefferson County against a Rusk County attorney and a Jasper County attorney, alleging unsubstantiated interest in their mother’s wrongful death claim in 2014.
BEAUMONT— A woman is seeking damages for severe injuries she claims to have suffered in an automobile accident she alleges was due to the negligence of the other driver who purportedly ran a red light.
