BEAUMONT – For the rest of the month of June, a Jefferson County jury will be tied up hearing evidence on whether Union Pacific Railroad is responsible for causing a train to collide with a vehicle stopped on its tracks.
In an election season abounding with ironies, one of the strangest is the campaign now being waged by Houston personal injury trial lawyer Jared Woodfill to lead the Republican Party of Texas.
AUSTIN – On March 21 Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Ryan Larson of Hutto as judge of the 395th Judicial District Court in Williamson County for a term set to expire at the next general election in November 2016.
AUSTIN – Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Shawn Sparrow and reappointed James Scott and Brad Taylor for terms to expire on Aug. 22, 2017, to the Jefferson and Orange County Board of Pilot Commissioners.
HOUSTON--A Kennard man is suing Union Pacific, alleging his first action, brought to the U.S. Department of Labor, was delayed, allowing him to file in federal court.
The defendant in a Bowie County man’s personal injury lawsuit arising from a 2014 train ride has formally responded to the allegations, according to Texarkana Division of the Eastern Division of Texas records. National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, submitted an original answer on Oct. 5, asserting plaintiff Bobby Cummings is to blame for his alleged injuries. “Any injuries or damages sustained by the plaintiff were caused in whole or in part by his own negligent con
Bowie County resident Bobby Cummings has filed a lawsuit against the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, claiming a train ride last year resulted in him injuring his knee. The suit, filed Sept. 15 in the Texarkana Division of the Eastern Division of Texas, explains that Cummings tried to purchase a fare with a disability discount on Aug. 5, 2014, only to be issued a senior citizen ticket. The next day, the suit says, Cummings boarded the train and “was told by th
A railroad worker’s estate executors are suing his employers alleging wrongful death in the man’s alleged exposure to asbestos over the course of his career beginning in 1959 and culminating in 2002.
A Texas railroad worker filed a lawsuit against his employer claiming that negligence led to his injuries when he rode on a locomotive that may have derailed in 2015.
A Texas railroad worker filed a lawsuit against his employer alleging negligence that led to injuries in 2015 when he was riding on a locomotive that may have derailed. Keenan Romar of Jefferson County filed against The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCS) in Jefferson County District Court June 10, claiming liability in the May 2015 incident.
Union Pacific Railroad has moved for summary judgment in a lawsuit brought by an employee, who suffers from alcohol dependency and claims he was subjected to extreme punishment after he fell asleep while working.
A civil trial began Monday in Midland over a veterans’ parade crash that killed four and wounded many others when a Union Pacific Railroad train collided with a float.
A May trial has been slated in a suit brought by a railroad worker, who also suffers from alcohol dependency, claiming he was subjected to extreme punishment after he fell asleep while working.
