BEAUMONT – Two years ago, a jury awarded a local man more than $17 million in damages for injuries he received when a truck driver for Genesis Energy slammed into the rear of his smoking vehicle.
BEAUMONT - The Ninth Court of Appeals recently affirmed a verdict of more than $841,000 in damages against Schindler Elevator in a personal injury lawsuit.
BEAUMONT – In a case centered on the sale of a hotel, the Ninth Court of Appeals today affirmed a trial court’s award of $100,000 in earnest money to a company that terminated a sales contract.
BEAUMONT – Today, the Ninth Court of Appeals affirmed a summary judgment win in favor of Baptist Hospitals of Southeast in a lawsuit alleging a patient was burned by hot coffee.
BEAUMONT – For a decade now, litigation brought by James Matthews, a Beaumont firefighter who was suspended indefinitely by the city after allegedly attacking and detaining an intoxicated driver, has bounced between venues.
BEAUMONT - The Ninth Court of Appeals has denied Time Warner Cable’s writ of mandamus in a $1 million trip and fall lawsuit that was supposed to go to trial on Tuesday.
BEAUMONT - The trial of a $1 million trip and fall lawsuit against Time Warner Cable has been stayed while the Ninth Court of Appeals reviews a petition for a writ of mandamus.
BEAUMONT – Today, the Ninth Court of Appeals reversed an Entergy a summary judgment loss in a lawsuit brought by two men claiming they were injured by an energized power line while navigating Hurricane Harvey floodwaters.
BEAUMONT – The Ninth Court of Appeals today affirmed a lower court’s ruling dismissing a man’s personal injury claim against Beaumont Municipal Transit.
BEAUMONT – A $27 million judgment against UPS was wiped by the Ninth Court of Appeals today, as justices have ordered the case be transferred out of Jefferson County.
BEAUMONT – Today, the Ninth Court of Appeals affirmed Judge Mitch Templeton’s decision to deny a motion to dismiss in a lawsuit brought against Texas Farmers Insurance.
BEAUMONT – The Ninth Court of Appeals today granting a summary judgment win in favor of an insurance broker in a lawsuit seeking payment of proceeds from a life insurance policy following her husband’s death.
BEAUMONT – A complex case centered on the sale of a hotel is now up on appeal, where justices will decide if Judge Kent Walston, 58th District Court, erred in doling out $100,000 in earnest money to a company that backed out of a sales contract.
BEAUMONT – A Baptist Hospital patient who spilled hot coffee on himself, resulting in a few treatable blisters, wants the Ninth Court of Appeals to reverse a summary judgment ruling in favor of the health care provider.
BEAUMONT – Entergy is looking to appeal a summary judgment loss in a lawsuit brought by two men claiming they were injured by an energized power line while navigating Hurricane Harvey floodwaters.
Jefferson County District Judge Kent Walston is staunchly supported by trial lawyers practicing before him. When he last ran for reelection, unopposed, big contributions came in from attorneys at Provost Umphrey, Reaud Morgan and Quinn, Moore Landry, Weller Green Toups & Terrell, and the Ferguson Law Firm.
