BEAUMONT - It has taken four years, but a Texas appeals court has finally affirmed victory for personal injury lawyer Brent Coon in a malpractice lawsuit accusing him of mishandling a 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill claim.
BEAUMONT - A silicosis plaintiff who had to adjust his lawsuit on the fly has lost his appeal of an order granting victory to one of his case's deep pockets - Exxon.
BEAUMONT - Investors in a company caught up in mass tort litigation over an explosion at a petrochemical processing plant in Port Neches have won a victory that would keep them out of Texas courts.
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.
