Abbott WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The American Tort Reform Association says the country's state attorneys general have the opportunity to reform the way they handle contracts with private law firms.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. -- U.S. District Judge Jimm Larry Hendren dismissed a woman's allegations that the Arkansas amusement park, Magic Springs and Crystal Falls, was responsible for her injuries after she fell off a park bench.
Payne MARSHALL � During a rollover accident in June 2009, the driver-side roof of a Ford F-350 collapsed and crushed the driver causing fatal injuries.
SHERMAN � A Texas woman is suing three companies alleging that the lip gloss she put on caused her to have a severe allergic reaction that nearly caused her death.
SHERMAN � A cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy in December 2007 developed a serious blood infection that he alleges was caused by the use of a bacterially contaminated product.
GALVESTON - Two insurance companies, including Galveston-based American National Insurance Co., have filed suit against the San Antonio-based Red McCombs automotive family in an effort to retrieve reimbursements for numerous clients who terminated their policies early.
On Oct. 22, a coalition of liberal activists and musicians announced the launch of the National Campaign to Close Guantanamo, an effort designed to restore momentum to President Obama's now-stalled intent to shut down the detention facility.
GALVESTON � Because a mechanic's lien was placed on one of the school's clinics, the University of Texas Medical Branch-Healthcare Systems is suing a Spring construction company for failing to pay its subcontractors.
Judge Learned Hand, one of the greatest figures in American jurisprudence, once lamented, "A judge's life, like every other, has in it much of drudgery, senseless bickerings, stupid obstinacies, captious pettifogging, all disguising and obstructing the only sane purpose which can justify the whole endeavor."
TEXARKANA, Ark. � U.S. District Judge Harry F. Barnes dismissed an Arkansas resident's claims that Weyerhaeuser terminated him based on his age and as retaliation for a workers' compensation claim.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. � In the middle of the summer last year, Darlene Davis and some of her family traveled to Hot Springs amusement park, Magic Springs and Crystal Falls. While inside the park, Davis states she was sitting on a bench when a screw popped out, causing her to fall backwards.
A Jefferson County man has filed suit against Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, US Staffing and two adjusters, alleging he was not paid money to which he was entitled after Hurricane Ike destroyed sections of his home.