News from 2008
Property owner sues insurer over hail damage claim
Urban Quest Properties is suing its insurance provider for failing to honor more than two dozen claims made after its properties were showered with hail.
Hurricane Rita suits still pouring three years after touchdown
Mostyn A Port Arthur woman has sued Capitol County Mutual Fire Insurance for allegedly denying a portion of her Hurricane Rita claim.
This Just In: Recent civil suits filed in Jefferson County District Courts
Recent civil suits filed in Jefferson County District Courts, Sept. 26-Oct. 2, 2008
Suit over PA man left to die in bushes after wreck returns to district court
The death of Shanon Dean Hartley made news back in November 2004 when a homeowner found the man's decomposing body in a flowerbed a week after he had been in a car wreck.
Investors sue to recover $1.65 M from fraudulent condo development
Carolina Beach, N.C. TEXARKANA, Texas � In 2005, two Arkansas men thought they were investing $1.65 million in a hot deal in North Carolina to develop condominiums on the last available beachfront on the entire East Coast.
Program encourages Texans to vote in judicial contests
Three justices on the Texas Supreme Court face opposition in the general election next month, but according to a recent poll most Texas voters will skip over the high court and other judicial contests on the Nov. 4 ballot.
Recent patent infringement cases filed in U.S. District Courts
Patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas, Oct. 3-7, 2008
Abbott signs agreement with Shell to curb youth smoking
Abbott AUSTIN-Shell Oil Products U.S. has signed an agreement with Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott aimed at curbing underage smoking.
First phase of new courthouse security measures installed
A worker prepares the entrance lanes that will guide visitors through new X-ray machines at the Jefferson County Courthouse. As soon as December rolls around, the public can expect to wait a few seconds at a security checkpoint currently being installed at the Jefferson County Courthouse main entrance while officers X-ray their belongings.
Total donates $1M to Red Cross for Ike victims
The owners of a Port Arthur refinery are lending a hand to help their employees and other area residents that have been affected by Hurricane Ike.
Judge finds no evidence refineries polluted PA neighborhoods
Judge Gary Sanderson In September 2007, the Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals dealt a blow to toxic tort attorney Tom Pearson when it removed a host of children from a class action alleging Premcor, Motiva and several other refineries were releasing harmful pollutants into Port Arthur neighborhoods.
136th Court District 11/1 - 11/30/08
MICHAEL ALBANESE VS. COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP
Prison worker's suit remanded back to local court by appellate justices
Justice Hollis Horton Claiming she was threatened with termination if she disciplined a black subordinate, Bonnie Young, a white woman, felt her supervisor was purposely putting her between a rock and hard place so she could eventually be replaced by an African American.
Lilly settles with 32 states over its Zyprexa marketing
INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - Eli Lilly and Co. has agreed to pay $62 million to resolve claims with 32 states that it improperly marketed and promoted its top-selling schizophrenia drug.
Cochran lawyers challenge Texas legal advertising rules
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline)-The Cochran Firm, one of the largest plaintiffs' firms in the United States, is challenging the Texas State Bar's restrictions on legal advertising.
Legends Scholarship honors the father of asbestos litigation
Four decades after the filing of the first modern asbestos lawsuit, Lamar University and the Beaumont Foundation of America have honored the man responsible for engineering the litigation.
Texas SC: Defendant's income should be kept from jurors
Justice Scott Brister AUSTIN � Texas trial judges must never let jurors know how much money a defendant makes, the nine justices of the Texas Supreme Court have ruled.
Volkswagen sued after teens involved in rollover
MARSHALL - The parents of two teens involved in a rollover accident have sued Volkswagen, alleging the vehicle was defectively designed.
What would Benito do?
Italian strongman Benito Mussolini may be history's most famous fascist.
Supreme Court to hear superfund liability cases
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court could place new limits on claims against companies sued under the federal superfund law.