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Whether congressional candidate actually a physician called into question
BROWNSVILLE - Congressional hopeful Dr. Rey Gonzalez Jr. bills himself as a both physician and an attorney – a description that may not be technically true under Texas law. -
Reversed: $256,000 legal fee award to Beaumont's KBMT-TV
BEAUMONT — A Texas appeals court has reversed a ruling awarding more than $250,000 in legal fees to a television station. -
Attorney general says law enforcement officers can receive naloxone prescriptions
AUSTIN – On Oct. 4, Attorney General Ken Paxton released an opinion stating that under the Texas Health and Safety code law enforcement officers are authorized to receive prescriptions of naloxone to individuals who have overdosed on opioids. -
Tort reform remains a unifier for Texas Republicans, party leader says hail litigation worst abuse in state today
AUSTIN – Since 2003, there’s been at least one issue nearly all Texas Republicans could unite behind – tort reform. -
Texas ACLU attorney: Anti-abortion bills 'violate the constitutional limits' on state's ability to regulate procedure
HOUSTON – Texas’ American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has said that women’s health and right to an abortion will be threatened if three proposed anti-abortion bills are passed. -
Limited Liability, Unlimited Growth
How tort reform helped ignite the Texas boom. -
Record number of physicians flock to Texas, group credits tort reform
Since Texas enacted medical liability reforms more than a decade ago, physicians have been migrating to the Lone Star State in record numbers nearly every year, with an all time record high in 2015. -
Texas' tort reforms have been a success
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s entire presidential campaign is “hey, look at Texas.” And that’s valid. -
Beaumont attorney Hart Green hit with $1M malpractice suit
A lawsuit alleging legal malpractice has been brought against Beaumont attorney Hart Green and his law firm, Weller, Green, Toups & Terrell. -
**Groves woman accused of defaming child psychiatrist hit with $200K default judgment
A Beaumont child psychiatrist has received a $200,000 default judgment in his defamation suit against a Groves woman. -
Fifth Circuit: Whistleblowers didn’t blow whistle properly, entitled to nothing from criminal penalty
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – Two whistleblowers won’t share in a once-$43 million penalty against a husband and wife who have been sentenced to federal prison for defrauding the federal government by submitting false claims at their pain clinics. -
Our View: Texas tort reform has proven itself
The proof, as they say, is in the pudding. That’s assuming anybody still says that. -
Study shows increase in Texas doctors due to liability reforms
Texas licensed a record number of new physicians last year, and the head of the state’s medical association says much of that growth is due to legal reforms. -
Perry: Tort reform has had just the impact we desired
In 2003, Texas was facing a real crisis, one that we met with a specific solution. -
Texas Supreme Court to review libel in the media
The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to review a case that could change the protections from defamation suits provided to reporters. -
Child psychiatrist sues Groves woman for defamation
A Beaumont child psychiatrist has filed a defamation suit against a Groves woman. -
Increase in Texas physicians due to more than population growth
An opinion piece issued by Alex Winslow of Texas Watch entitled "Spin-doctoring by doctors" (Dec. 1) is making its way around the state. The op/ed makes the absurd and easily refutable claim that "growth in (the number of Texas) physicians tracks population increases." -
Tort reform equals more medical care, Texas think tank reports
Brannan AUSTIN - A new study issued this month by a Texas public policy think tank states that medical malpractice reform has increased medical access to residents across the state. -
Medical Center countersues physician
Morgan In December, the Southeast Texas Record reported that Dr. Saeed Ally filed suit against the Medical Center of Southeast Texas, claiming the facility permitted a fellow physician, Dr. Otto Miller, to continuously harass him. -
Doc files harassment suit against Medical Center
Medical Center of Southeast Texas Dr. Saeed Ally has filed suit against the Medical Center of Southeast Texas, claiming the facility permitted a fellow physician, Dr. Otto Miller, to continuously harass him.