Claiming her surgery was botched, Alexandra Jones has filed suit against the physician who performed the surgery and the facility where the surgery took place.
Beaumont justices looked at a 10-year-old case last week and affirmed a lower court's ruling to allow a lead paint suit against the Beaumont Housing Authority to continue.
For the last year local plaintiff's attorney John Morgan has been embattled in an unpleasant divorce with his wife Kathleen Winslow. Last week, the affair spilled over into another court when Morgan sued his divorce attorney.
A Jefferson County woman and her husband have filed suit against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and a claims adjuster, alleging they were wrongfully denied coverage after the woman was diagnosed with colon cancer.
John Morgan A Beaumont attorney has filed suit against another local lawyer, claiming the lawyer breached attorney-client privilege when he spread confidential information to others in a divorce proceeding.
Earlier this month, a Jefferson County judge dismissed a suit against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. But before the month is up, the judge must decide if the plaintiff should be granted a new trial against the railroad company.
Gilbert Adams Perhaps adhering to the motto "if at first you don't succeed, try again" plaintiff's attorney Gilbert Adams has filed a second suit against Wal-Mart after a federal judge refused to transfer the first case back to Jefferson County.
As the Record reported in April, railroad worker James W. Murray lost his leg last spring while on the job at the Beaumont switch yard. In turn, he filed a Federal Employers Liability Act suit against Kansas City Southern Railway Co.
The family of a Jefferson County woman has filed a wrongful death suit against Memorial Hermann Baptist Beaumont Hospital, two doctors and an anesthesiologist, claiming her death was caused because of their negligence.
Alleging poor craftsmanship, Herman and Gaye Miller have filed suit against Designer Floors & Interiors, the company hired to install new wood floors in the couple's home.
Lou Thompson Black Brent Coon & Associates attorney Lou Thompson Black started the week with a case naming almost 80 companies that allegedly conspired to conceal the hazards of asbestos.
Judge Gary Sanderson In September 2007, the Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals dealt a blow to toxic tort attorney Tom Pearson when it removed a host of children from a class action alleging Premcor, Motiva and several other refineries were releasing harmful pollutants into Port Arthur neighborhoods.