News from August 2010
Recent patent infringement/false marking cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas
Recent patent infringement/false marking cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas, July 20-Aug. 2, 2010
New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County
New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County, July 24-Aug. 9, 2010.
Rand's asbestos report shows lucrative outcome for lawyer trust fund managers
Kazan Giants of asbestos litigation hold half the power in seven trust funds that paid $2.4 billion in claims in 2008, according to tables in a new Rand Corporation report.
BP hit with $10 billion class action over chemical release at Texas City refinery
Buzbee GALVESTON - Alleging BP's Texas City plant emitted dangerous chemicals for 40 days earlier this year, more than 2,000 refinery workers and residents have filed a class action lawsuit seeking punitive damages of at least $10 billion.
Legally Speaking: Scents and Sensibility-When Evidence Doesn't Pass the Smell Test (Part 4)
The National Research Council, in its 2009 report concluded that our nation's forensic sciences system is "badly fragmented" and lacking in strong standards by which the reliability of forensic methods and evidence can be measured.
Latest Modica suit alleges she was hypnotized by Obama, housing officials
Claiming she had to flee her government sanctioned home because of psychological and sexual abuse, Amy Modica, who has filed around a dozen suits in the past three years, filed two fresh lawsuits Monday against President Barack Obama.
Docs shouldn't have allowed man with seizures to drive, widow alleges
GALVESTON - The wife of a deceased roofing company founder who perished in a one-car accident two years ago claims his physicians contributed to his death, recent court documents say.
Cafeteria sued over alleged lease violations
GALVESTON - Weingarten Realty Investors has filed suit against Luby's Inc. for allegedly violating the lease on its Galveston location.
Galveston senior community sues over hurricane-damaged slab
GALVESTON - Arguing that it should be compensated for storm damage to its building's slab, Mansions at Moses Lake L.P. has filed suit against Max Specialty Insurance Co.
Couple claims finance company ruined their credit
GALVESTON - A Galveston County couple accuses Chase Home Finance LLC of mishandling a house payment made after Hurricane Ike and providing false information to credit bureaus, recent court documents say.
Suit alleges preventable bedsore led to amputation
While in the care of Clairmont Beaumont, Richard Neumann developed a bedsore on his right heel. As a result, his leg was amputated. Neumann died a year later.
Recent real estate foreclosures filed in Jefferson County
Recent real estate foreclosures filed in Jefferson County, Jly 28-29, 2010.
Trial lawyer tax break attracts attention of two dozen senators
Thune WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - One-quarter of the U.S. Senate has expressed concern that the U.S. Department of the Treasury may be planning to issue an order giving trial lawyers tax breaks on contingency fee lawsuits.
Galveston insurer sues remediation company over damaged bank records
GALVESTON - United Fire Lloyds claims NBD International Inc. deceitfully modified its storage rate for maintaining storm-damaged bank papers and deliberately delayed remediation and restoration, recent court documents say.
Man sued for allegedly stealing, wrecking Nissan
GALVESTON - Two Galveston County residents are suing a Houston man after he allegedly stole and wrecked their vehicle, recent court documents say.
After 35 years of employment, KCS worker sues over bum knees
For 35 years Travis Evans labored as a track worker for Kansas City Southern Railway.
Man sues Goodwill for race discrimination
Not happy making $6 an hour, Earnest Sennet, a minority male, has filed a discrimination suit against Goodwill Industries, claiming the charitable organization pays its white janitors more.
60th 9/2010
BERNADETTE LANDRIO ET AL VS HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT
City seeks immunity in tractor collision suit but fails to attend dismissal hearing
Arguing that it has governmental immunity, the city of Beaumont filed a motion to dismiss in a lawsuit over an employee who allegedly backed his tractor into plaintiff Joanna Prejean's vehicle.
Woman sues stylist over botched highlighting job
GALVESTON � A Friendswood woman claims a botched highlighting job burned her scalp and stunted her hair's growth, recent court documents say.