HOUSTON — A cardiologist is facing a claim that his delayed diagnosis and treatment of a patient's severe heart disease caused her cardiac arrest and death.
The following cases categorized as "cases appealed from lower courts" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on Aug. 9. 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 Trenton Garrett against Texas 18th US District Representative Sheila Jackson Lee on Aug. 9.
HOUSTON — A woman alleges the staff of a nursing and rehab facility allowed her mother to become dehydrated, malnourished and that they strapped her to a wheelchair and left in her in a corner hallway.
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 University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is facing a suit alleging it negligently administered chemotherapy to a patient suffering from sepsis which led to his death.
HOUSTON — A Houston nursing home is being accused of leaving a patient in a urine soaked bed and failing to properly monitor blood sugar levels which ultimately led to the patient's death.
HOUSTON – A man claiming CenterPoint falsely imprisoned him for refusing to let the company trim an oak tree on his property recently had his claim reinstated by the 14th Court of Appeals.
HOUSTON — A Houston area construction company is facing a wrongful death suit after one of its workers was exposed to a co-worker with COVID-19 symptoms, caught the virus and died from complications.
HOUSTON — The wife and children of a Pulice Construction foreman who was run over and killed by a front loader while on a job site is claiming the company's negligence.
AUSTIN – Today, the Senate Committee on Businesses and Commerce heard SB 1013 by Senator Dawn Buckingham, which would give Texans the opportunity to vote for seven-day spirits sales through local option elections, a press release states.
HOUSTON — A suit against a Houston senior living facility alleges it failed to take any action after a resident's possessions were stolen out of her room while she spent several months in the hospital.
HOUSTON — Chevron, GE, Goodyear and several others who produce and sell asbestos-containing materials is facing a suit alleging an oil drilling worker died from his exposure to their products.
