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Employee sues paint store after customer's lewd behavior goes unchecked
A Tyler woman is taking her former employer to court, alleging the paint store management did nothing to stop repeated lewd behavior by a customer. -
Appeals court hears HP arguments on class certification
Justices on the Ninth Court of Appeals heard arguments on Thursday, Sept. 27, from lawyers representing Hewlett-Packard Co. and Gateway US Retail Inc. as to whether or not the 58th Judicial District abused its discretion in certifying a statewide class action. -
HP lawyers take class certification question to appeals court
Justices on the Ninth Court of Appeals will hear arguments on Thursday, Sept. 27, from lawyers representing Hewlett-Packard Co. and Gateway US Retail Inc. as to whether or not the 58th Judicial District abused its discretion in certifying a statewide class action. -
Judge Burgess honored with Southeast Texas Legends Scholarship
Judge Don Burgess Lamar University and the Beaumont Foundation of America have announced the seventh of nine Southeast Texas Legends Scholarships � this one honoring Judge Don Burgess, whose distinguished legal career includes two decades as an appellate judge, as well as tenure as a district judge, prosecutor and in private practice. -
Inmates allege unfit conditions, retaliation after hurricane
Beaumont Federal Correctional Complex When Hurricane Rita ripped through Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana in September 2005, it tore up thousands of utility poles and caused the largest power grid outage in Entergy's history. Hunddreds of thousands of residents were left sweltering in the stifling, late summer heat for almost two weeks. -
Dwight Harrison sues NFL over pension
Dwight Harrison in 1974 with the Buffalo Bills Former professional football player Dwight Webster Harrison has asked Federal Judge Marcia Crone to stop the NFL from cutting off his benefits and pension. -
Patent case against Halliburton moves to Texas federal court
On July 9, the case of M-I SWACO vs. Halliburton Energy Services Inc. was removed from a California Federal Court and officially transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, Judge Leonard Davis presiding. -
Suit against Bally Fitness moves to federal court
In May, the Record reported on an Iraq Army veteran who was "worked up" over what he claims were fraudulent charges for a workout. On July 2, Army Lt. Col. Bryan Lawson's lawsuit against Bally Fitness and American Express was plucked from Judge Floyd's 172nd District Court and seated in federal court. -
Avandia lawsuit filed in federal court
A Type 2 diabetic, Lany Stanford died of a heart attack on May 21, 2007, the very same day that an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine claimed his prescribed medication Avandia increased one's chances of a heart attack. -
Orange insurance suit moves to federal court
Orange County resident Jefferie Cartwright will have his Hurricane Rita lawsuit against Balboa Insurance Co. and adjuster Maria Chadwick removed from the county's court and placed in hands of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division. -
Orange insurance suit moves to federal court
Hurricane victims and Orange County residents Murphy and Debra Hunt will have their $75,000 lawsuit against State Farm Lloyds plucked from the county's court and placed in hands of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division. -
Patently newsworthy
Once best-known as the birthplace of boxing champion-turned-pitchman George Foreman, Marshall is 25,000-strong and landlocked, four hours due north of Beaumont and 20 minutes east of the Louisiana border. -
Bausch & Lomb responds to suit as case moves to federal court
Bausch & Lomb has denied allegations of negligence relating to a local man's eye infection as lawyers prepare for a conference in federal court. -
Orwig stepping down as U.S. Attorney, says move not related to national issue
Matthew Orwig, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, is leaving his post at the end of May to join a law firm opening a branch in Dallas.