Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � On the day Hidalgo County District Judge Noe Gonzalez planned to start a trial about cemetery owners who sold a plot twice and dug up a corpse to cover the mistake, the Supreme Court of Texas halted the proceedings.
Bryan Blevins A Texas man has filed an asbestos suit against 31 defendant corporations, claiming the asbestos-related disease with which he was diagnosed was wrongfully caused.
Wallace Jefferson AUSTIN � The Texas judiciary will be made stronger if judges are appointed based on merit rather than elected along party lines, the chief justice of the state's high court said Wednesday.
A year ago, The Southeast Texas Record reported that defense attorney Roger McCabe, who represents Port Neches-Groves Independent School District in a suit filed by Pyramid Constructors Inc., promised to appeal after losing a trial over attorney's fees.
Blevins A Texas man has filed an asbestos suit on behalf of his recently deceased relative against 27 defendant corporations, claiming the asbestos-related disease with which the deceased man was diagnosed was wrongfully caused.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � To the frustration of the Supreme Court of Texas, a state law requiring an expert report after the filing of a medical malpractice suit is increasingly rewarding weak reports.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) This month, Americans in Texas and across the country pay tribute to the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. To this day his powerful message on the importance of equality, opportunity and the unique value of every human life continues to inspire generations of Americans.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court this week declined to hear the case of a former Texas woman who claims she was physically and emotionally abused during a forced exorcism in 1996.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � Attorney Rolando Caballero successfully completed probation for criminal charges, but the state Board of Disciplinary Appeals can disbar him anyway, the Supreme Court of Texas has ruled.
The wife of a local refinery worker already received a settlement for a non-malignant illness allegedly caused by her husband's asbestos exposure. Now a new suit has been filed on her behalf after she died from an asbestos-related malignancy.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to hear the case of a former Texas woman who claims she was abused during a forced exorcism in 1996.
A Jefferson County sheriff's deputy who was injured during a kickball game at an elementary school will have to undergo another appeals process before celebrating his win in a case against Sheriff Mitch Woods, an appeals court ruled.
Legislative reforms and no-nonsense appellate courts have removed Southeast Texas courts from the top of this year's "Judicial Hellhole" list, but the American Tort Reform Foundation still has its eye on the Lone Star State.
On Thursday, Dec. 11, justices on the Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on a familiar case � a case that after eight years of litigation, countersuits and appeals ended up as a battle over attorney's fees.
Justice Nathan Hecht (R) AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht has been ordered to pay a $29,000 fine for accepting an illegal campaign contribution and failing to report the gift.
Brad Allen JASPER � In April, Houston attorney Brad Allen asked Jefferson County District Judge Donald Floyd to delay the start of a trial because his expert witness lay in a hospital bed with spinal injuries after falling from a horse.