AUSTIN - The Railroad Commission rescinding an approval letter for proposed injection wells did not deprive the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of its jurisdiction to grant the permit application, the Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday.
HOUSTON - A lawsuit alleging the Union Pacific Railroad Company knowingly contaminated residential neighborhoods in Houston with creosote, a probable carcinogen, will continue.
HOUSTON - The First Court of Appeals today affirmed a ruling denying Union Pacific Railroad’s motion to dismiss certain claims under the Texas Citizens Participation Act.
HOUSTON — Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner Partner Brant J. Stogner, and firm attorneys Jennifer O. Stogner, Jonathan D. Sneed, and Soroush Montazari, have filed a lawsuit in Dallas County against the Apartment Complex, its Management Companies, and Atmos Energy Corporation on behalf of the three firefighters who were severely burned and permanently injured as a result of a natural gas explosion at the Highland Hills Apartments in Oak Cliff on Sept. 29, a press release states.
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HOUSTON – A lawsuit brought against Union Pacific Railroad alleging the company failed to adequately warn them about cancer-causing soil and groundwater contaminants has been allowed to continue, thanks to a recent opinion by the First Court of Appeals.
HOUSTON — Members of a Houston community located near a Union Pacific rail yard allege the company has contaminated the air, water and soil in the area.
HOUSTON —The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality held a public meeting two nights ago on a proposed plan submitted by Union Pacific Railroad Company to clean-up an inactive creosote facility located at 4910 Liberty Road in Houston’s Fifth Ward.
HOUSTON — A Union Pacific railroad engineer is claiming the railroad's negligence after his boot became caught on a stairwell which caused him to stumble and fall and suffer numerous injuries.
HOUSTON — Union Pacific Railroad is facing a negligence claim after one of its former locomotive engineers suffered a traumatic brain injury when two trains were assigned to the same track and collided.
HOUSTON — A Union Pacific Railroad conductor who slipped on exposed conduit on the track and suffered serious injuries is claiming the company failed to abide by Federal Railroad Administration safety guidelines.
The following cases categorized as "contract - consumer/commercial/debt" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on May 11. 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 Union Pacific Railroad Company against Qa Rail Services LLC on May 11.