BEAUMONT – The Ninth Court of Appeals recently affirmed a trial court’s ruling to grant the city of Port Arthur’s plea to the jurisdiction in a suit brought by a man claiming he was fired for refusing to drive a defective garbage truck.
DALLAS – Texas' embattled attorney general is headed for a trial date as early as next spring after the state's court of criminal appeals decided to not get involved in his securities fraud case.
BEAUMONT- Valero Energy has moved for summary judgment in litigation brought by a former district judge, who sued the energy giant for breach of contract, seeking to extract more than $6 million in damages.
BEAUMONT – The Ninth Court of Appeals is set to review a State Farm Lloyds appeal, which seeks to wipe a $260k jury verdict on the grounds that the opinions of the plaintiff’s expert witnesses were “unreliable and inadmissible.” The appeal stems from a week long trial against State Farm that took place in May 2015.
DALLAS – When Texas' embattled attorney general accepted a $100,000 gift from a businessman allegedly without knowing the donor faced allegations of Medicare and Medicaid fraud, it raised questions similar to those endured by another Southern attorney general this summer.
Almost two years ago I wrote an article for Claims Journal entitled “The Emerging Hail Risk: What the Hail is Going on?” The response was overwhelming.
AUSTIN -- A Texas plaintiff has decided to appeal a ruling by a Texas appellate court affirming the decision that the state’s Commission for Lawyer Discipline is not required to disclose recommendations to complainants who file grievances against Texas attorneys.
GameStop Corp. and Wal-Mart Inc. recently filed original answers to a federal lawsuit accusing them and several other entities of infringing upon patented microprocessor production technology. Tyler Division of the Eastern District of Texas records show GameStop and Wal-Mart, as well as the discount retailer’s subsidiary Wal-Mart Stores Texas LLC, entered their rebuttals into DSS Technology Management, Inc.’s suit on Sept. 8. DSS is pursuing legal action on grounds United States Patent Number
Where most people only see ice the size of golf balls falling from the sky, trial lawyers supposedly perceive golden nuggets raining down from the heavens, initiating tens of thousands of hailstorm lawsuits in just the past few years alone.
