BEAUMONT - A Texas appeals court is allowing a whistleblower lawsuit against the Beaumont Independent School District, which sought immunity from the claim, to continue.
By DAVID YATES BISDlogoAn appeals court has agreed to hear a whistleblower lawsuit against the Beaumont Independent School District, which seeks immunity from the claim. Plaintiff George W.
A Harris County corporation has filed suit against the companies that it claims failed to pay it for aluminum canopies it installed at South Park Middle School.
The Southeast Texas Record reported last September that Loretta Patterson, the mother of a South Park Middle School student, filed suit against Jacqueline Stewart, claiming she struck her son with her rearview mirror.
Not satisfied with a recent appeals court ruling, the Beaumont Independent School District will take their case to the Texas Supreme Court and argue that it should not have to pay a plaintiff's attorney's fees.
McKeithen After a year of consideration, the Texas Ninth Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's ruling awarding attorney's fees to the Beaumont Heritage Society, who unsuccessfully fought to stop the destruction of South Park Middle School.
Demolition of South Park Middle School began in April. Although the Beaumont Independent School District began bulldozing South Park Middle School in April, the district is still petitioning the Ninth District Court of Appeals to reverse an order prohibiting it from using money from the 2007 bond election.
In September, the Southeast Texas Record reported that Loretta Patterson, the mother of a South Park Middle School student, filed suit against Jacqueline Stewart, claiming she struck her son with her rearview mirror.
The Beaumont Independent School District can carry on with discussions about possibly building a hotel and events center -- a speculative $50 million project -- near its new football stadium, thanks to a local judge's Nov. 8 ruling.
Hoping to stop the Beaumont Independent School District from constructing a hotel and events center near its new football stadium, three locals filed an injunction request in Jefferson County District Court.
The mother of a South Park Middle School child has filed suit against Jacqueline Stewart, claiming she struck her son with her rearview mirror nearly two years ago.
Demolition of South Park Middle School began on April 2. Even though demolition of South Park Middle School began on April 2, the battle between the Beaumont Independent School District and residents who fought to preserve the campus lingers on in the Ninth District Court of Appeals.
After a nine-month legal battle, demolition of South Park Middle School began on April 2. On Good Friday, a massive backhoe crushed the front steps leading up to South Park Middle School, ending a nine month struggle between the Beaumont Independent School District and residents who wished to preserve the 87-year-old campus.
At the request of the Beaumont Heritage Society and local "Greenie" Eddie Estilette, the judge who presided over the legal battle to stop the razing of South Park Middle School modified his ruling March 31 to include several finding of facts.
Following a Thursday morning hearing to enter final judgment, both the Beaumont Independent School District and the Beaumont Heritage Society are contemplating appealing a local judge's ruling on the fate of South Park Middle School.
Before he concluded a permanent injunction hearing to stop South Park Middle School from being razed, Judge Bob Wortham urged both parties to find a compromise before he ruled.
