News from July 2007
Home lender down over $600m as Abbott, state AGs get 2nd windfall
Greg Abbott AUSTIN -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and his California
counterpart Jerry Brown brought home a nice hunk of bacon from a July 12
multi-state settlement over 'predatory lending'.
Couple says Allstate forcing them live in unhealthy home
William and Joyce Ford claim Allstate Texas Lloyds denied their Hurricane Rita damage claim, forcing the couple to live in their "home under dangerous and unhealthy conditions."
Recent patent/copyright infringement cases filed in U.S. District Court, July 3-6
Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Lawmakers visit fuel lab at LU
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, center, and U.S. Reps. Ted Poe and Kevin Brady, made a recent visit to the Advanced Fuel Cell Research lab at Lamar University. Lamar University is on the front lines of developing new energy systems for the U.S. military with its Advanced Fuel Cell Research laboratory.
Wal-Mart 'waterfall' leads to injury suit
On a summer day two years ago, Joanne Monroe was shopping at the Wal-Mart in Orange when she claims she was knocked to the ground by bottles of water that fell from a cart.
Blevins files new asbestos suit
Bryan Blevins Even though Provost Umphrey attorney Brian Blevins is busy trying a million dollar asbestos case in Judge Sanderson's 60th District Court, he still finds the time to file fresh asbestos lawsuits.
Recent business licenses/assumed names
Recent business licenses/assumed names issued by the Jefferson County Clerk, July 1-12, 2007
Woman finds bolt in salad, sues deli
Tim Riley Nuts are a common salad topping. However, Jennifer Kaiser is suing a Woodlands Jason's Deli for failing to hold the bolts.
Texans mourn Lady Bird Johnson
Lady Bird Johnson, former first lady, in the Texas Hill Country. The Lone Star State mourned the passage of a woman close to its heart July 11 with the death of the Lady Bird Johnson, the former U.S. first lady with the green thumb. She was 94.
Dirty laundry aired in asbestos trial
While growing up, Joyce Myers helped her mother with the family laundry, a task that included washing the uniforms her father wore during his 22-year refinery career. From 1943 to 1965, Myers' father insulated pipes with asbestos at the Mobil Oil Refinery in Beaumont.
Railroad worker sues after leg severed
Perry Ashworth's leg was mutilated and severed below the knee when the rail car he was working on at the Huntsman Refinery rolled over him.
Infected hand leads to med-mal suit
Two years ago, a table saw tore through John Leatherwood's hand. He was rushed to Memorial Hermann Baptist Orange Hospital.
Medical malpractice trial over premature surgery settled
The medical malpractice trial of Darlene Spears vs. Dr. Carl J. Beaudry and Christus Health Southeast Texas that was slated to begin in Judge Donald Floyd's 172nd District Court on July 10 was settled before the crop of 40 plus potential jurors could be narrowed down.
Legally Speaking: Irish law -- Ahead of its time
As a proud American of Irish descent, I pause now and then to reflect on the many gifts given us by Irish culture: the words of literary giants like Joyce and Yeats, the lilting music of The Chieftains, the stirring spectacle of "Riverdance" and of course the liquid wonder that is Guinness.
City of Orange files for injunction against Transtar
City leaders in Orange are so fed up with an ambulance service that is operating without a permit that they are seeking a court order to have the company cease and desist.
136th Court District Hearings, Judge Shuffield, July 1-31
136TH COURT DISTRICT
Truck repo causes man to sue for emotional distress
It's hard to separate a Texan from his pickup truck, and when Bryant Jarnagin's Ford F-150 was repossessed, the man claims he suffered "severe emotional distress." The incident has led him to sue Southern Ford (Central Ford Inc.), the dealership that sold him the truck.
Dirty laundry aired in asbestos trial
Bryan Blevins While growing up, Joyce Myers helped her mother with the family laundry, a task that included washing the uniforms her father wore during his almost 20-year refinery career. From 1943 to 1965, Myers' father insulated pipes with asbestos at the Mobil Oil Refinery in Beaumont.