Thomas WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) � The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a legal theory that would have given asbestos attorneys a new industry to attack with lawsuits.
SHERMAN - After a tractor-trailer drove into the path of an oncoming train and caused a collision, Kansas City Southern Railway Co. filed a lawsuit against the city of Lewisville.
Several former railroad workers have filed a lawsuit against Union Pacific, claiming they were exposed to asbestos and asbestos-containing products for years.
In a recent lawsuit, a BNSF Railway employee claims the repetitive trauma he suffered could have been prevented if the company implemented an ergonomics program.
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - Asbestos attorneys found to have committed fraud against a railroad company will argue their case to a federal appeals court on March 6.
Several trackmen for Union Pacific have filed a lawsuit against the company claiming they have developed lung diseases after exposure to asbestos-containing products in the workplace.
Zgourides TYLER - Houston lawyer John G. Zgourides of the law firm Sammons & Berry has filed four separate lawsuits against Union Pacific regarding alleged asbestos exposure of several railroad workers.
Jury selection has begun in litigation brought by Waylon Nalley, a Kansas City Southern Railway employee who sued the company for back and neck injuries he received in a train collision.
Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Sept. 22 filed legal action against the federal Environmental Protection Agency over its "flawed" Cross State Air Pollution Rule.
The Texas Supreme Court reversed the common carrier status of the Denbury Green Pipeline on Aug. 26. AUSTIN � Appellate judges in Beaumont invested too much power in state agency permits in two cases the Supreme Court of Texas decided on Aug. 26.
McGuire A plaintiff injured when a van took off before he was completely seated recently filed a motion for partial summary judgment, rejecting the defendant's charge of contributory negligence.
GALVESTON - Claiming a lack of an adequate expert report, one of the defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit arising from a 2008 single-vehicle accident seeks dismissal of the litigation.
Baxley A supervisor for a railroad company has filed a lawsuit against his employer that alleges he was terminated after he refused to participate in a scheme to get rid of older employees.