AUSTIN – The State of Texas has become the nation’s largest state to implement a mandatory electronic court filing (e-filing) system designed to digitize court filings.
TYLER - A recently filed federal lawsuit claims that a Texas woman suffered injuries in a car crash because a commercial vehicle driver failed to control his speed.
Ten years ago, Texas had one of the lowest doctor-to-citizen ratios in the country. But after reforms to the state’s civil litigation system, the number of licensed physicians in Texas has doubled, according to a recent report on the results of tort reform.
Plaintiff’s attorney Walter Umphrey, co-founder of the Provost Umphrey Law Firm in Beaumont, is suing Houston lawyer F. Kenneth Bailey Jr., alleging the man owes him $1 million.
SHERMAN - After attempting to collect a debt from a Collin County resident, a Virginian law firm has been sued for not paying the appropriate bond with the Texas Secretary of State in violation of federal law.
Padgett GALVESTON - Three local men previously employed by Galveston County claim the county retaliated against them in response to their blowing the whistle on possible misuse of government funds.
