Chief Justice Steve McKeithen Judge and jury plunged overboard when they treated a dispute over Hurricane Rita repairs as a crime, Ninth District appeals judges decided on Nov. 12.
A local plant worker injured by a conveyor belt is asking an appeals court to keep the Goodyear Co. trapped in his suit, even though Goodyear sold the conveyor 13 months prior to his injury.
Old In a surprising twist, stingy jurors found in the favor of the plaintiff in a case against HealthSouth on Friday, Oct. 23, but declined to award any money.
As of press time for the Southeast Texas Record on Thursday, jurors are still deliberating in the trial of Dr. Brent Mainwaring vs. Dr. James King and HealthSouth Corp.
A Texas woman is claiming the medication she took for a mental disorder caused her to develop diabetes, and says the medication's risks were not worth the benefits.
The Jefferson County Bar Association will take time to recognize the valuable work lawyers do at no charge to represent those who cannot afford civil legal assistance.
A $40,000 Mercedes given to a female HealthSouth employee as a Christmas present has resulted in a fractured medical partnership, a doctor's termination, an FBI investigation and finally a civil trial in a Jefferson County court.
TEXARKANA, Texas -- While in Bowie County, Tracey Underwood believes she was given multiple vials of contaminated heparin and as a result developed superior vena cava syndrome.
With several suits already filed against it, Denbury Green's pipeline has become a focal point for many landowners who claim the company is snatching up land with no regard for the tracts' occupants.
It only took a few hours for Southeast Texas jurors in the first trial over Yamaha Rhino all-terrain vehicle rollovers to return a swift ruling of no negligence -- a verdict in the company's favor that could have far reaching effects.
What could prove to be a landmark case, a dozen Orange County residents have been tasked to decide if Yamaha Motor Co. cut costs and negligently placed a defective off-road vehicle into the stream of commerce.
TEXARKANA, Ark. � Working at a gas station and convenience store in Texarkana, Texas, Brian Douglas Hovarter walked out of the room he was working in, slipped on a puddle of water and fell, landing on his shoulder.
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Local residents listen to an overview of some of the controversial points of the proposed health care reform bill at a town hall meeting in Beaumont. Congress should consider implementing Texas' medical tort reforms on a national level, said Congressman Ted Poe at a surprisingly orderly town hall meeting on health care reform.
Floyd The Ninth District Court of Appeals of Texas granted the transfer to Harris County of a $60 million oil and gas lawsuit which defendants argued was improperly filed in Jefferson County.
Without an adequate expert report to back up the plaintiffs' claims, Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth has been dismissed from a suit that blamed it for the death of a man who had been stabbed in the back.