A QualiTech Maintenance employee has filed suit against Goodyear Tire, claiming he was instructed by a Goodyear manager to clean the company's bailer while the machine was running.
When an "overbearing" woman started demanding that a patient's medication be altered, Gwendolyn Marie Marks, a nurse at Renaissance Hospital, told her that she and her fellow nurses "could not alter medications without a doctor's order."
An absent signature on a dispute resolution agreement failed to persuade justices on the Texas Ninth Court of Appeals to throw out Citgo's motion for a writ of mandamus. However, a second appellant was denied its writ and will head back to court.
A slip in fall inside an IHOP ladies' room has led Delores Sonnier to sue the popular pancake restaurant. Sonnier, who slipped in a puddle, claims the water on the floor "was not reasonably apparent to her" and the International House of Pancakes and its managers should have warned her of "the dangerous condition."
Leslie Lee Sells Jr. tripped over a handicap ramp while attending a church bazaar hosted by Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church. Sells claims the church was negligent for failing to mark the ramp and has filed a $100,000 suit against the Diocese of Beaumont.
A restraining order has been issued against Wesley United Methodist Church, prohibiting the church from tampering with or destroying any evidence that might prove allegations of inappropriate touching between two children at its preschool.
The average NBA player can leap anywhere from three to four feet in the air. Not a professional athlete, Quenten Pete fell 5 feet while working at the Port Arthur Valero plant. Claiming the oil company negligently failed to provide him with scaffolding, Pete says he can no longer work and has filed suit.
Last month, U.S. Money Reserve Inc. filed a lawsuit and a request for a permanent injunction against Stephen Dominguez, a former employee, who allegedly quit and made off with the coin company's trade secrets.
Texas justices on the Ninth Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's ruling that would have allowed a former teacher to pursue civil action against the Port Arthur Independent School District over an alleged discrimination firing.
The family of Elbert Ray Lovett have filed a wrongful-death suit on his behalf against 48 chemical companies, claiming their benefactor was negligently exposed to toxic substances during his refinery career.
Placed on light duty, a Macy's employee balked when her manager told her to apprehend a suspected shoplifter. Claiming Macy's negligently required her to do work that violated medical limitations, Wendy Graham sued the well known retailer.
Dan Street Failing to pay attention to her surroundings, Barbara Vice-Staples tripped over a wooden rack at a service station, which she claims was "projecting out into her path."
R&R Marine's repair yard in Port Arthur A repair job gone wrong has led two offshore companies and an insurance provider to file suit against BP Consulting Inc. and Sabine Offshore Services.