News from January 2010
Texas woman wins default judgment from DirecTV
MARSHALL � A Texas woman who alleged DirecTV bombarded her home with years of unwanted telephone solicitations has won $112,500 in a default judgment against the company.
Preserve, protect and defend
Most public officials swear to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." In some instances, however, no sooner have some public officials uttered that oath, than they begin to violate it and undermine what they've sworn to uphold.
BISD, Region 5 dismissed from Mexico crash suits
A local judge has dismissed the Beaumont Independent School District and Region 5 Education Service Center from wrongful death suits filed against them over a deadly crash in Mexico.
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Jurors award man $10,000 in dog bite case
Shortly after he was bitten by his best friend's dog, Bruce Newman bit back and sued his longtime pal.
Recent real estate foreclosures filed in Jefferson County
Recent real estate foreclosures filed Dec. 21-29, 2009.
This Just In: Recent civil suits filed in Jefferson County District Courts
Recent civil suits filed in Jefferson County District Courts, Dec. 21-31, 2009
TWIA stands by work product privilege in Hurricane Ike litigation
Satellite view of Hurricane Ike GALVESTON - The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association recently countered a League City man's argument that it cannot assert a work product privilege before the time it anticipated the client would file suit in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.
UPS worker sues after being struck while crossing street
A man has filed suit against the driver he says struck him as he attempted to cross the street.
Family files suit on behalf of worker killed in refinery blast
GALVESTON - The family of a worker killed in an explosion at Valero's Texas City refinery last month has filed suit against two boilermaking companies.
Legally Speaking: The 411 on 911 'Emergencies' (Part 1 of 2)
Reasonable minds can differ on virtually anything. What one person considers trash can be another's treasure, and what one individual feels is an emergency might not command the same level of urgency from others.
Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas
Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas, Dec. 28, 2009-Jan. 6, 2010.
New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County
New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County, Dec. 28, 2009-Jan. 6, 2010
Truck hits meat market, injured man sues owner and truck driver
When an intoxicated driver plowed his truck into a popular deli, debris and equipment struck the patrons inside. An Orange County man who lost an eye when a meat slicer fell on his head has filed a suit against the store owner and the driver of the truck.
Texas AG outlines objections to Senate health care bill
Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline)-Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Wednesday challenged a provision of the health care overhaul bill recently approved by the U.S. Senate.
Jefferson County civil filings up 30% in 2009, more than 600 about Hurricane Ike
While the U.S. economy may have sputtered a bit last year, Southeast Texas trial lawyers kept busy in 2009, filing 2,601 new lawsuits in Jefferson County District Court � upping their '08 totals by roughly 30 percent.
Men back out of truck sale, but sue dealership over title
GALVESTON - Two Galveston County men claim a League City auto dealership failed to return title papers and $1,300 in cash to them after they backed out of an agreement, recent court documents say.
Democrat blasts AG Abbott over stance on Senate health care bill
Radnofsky (D) AUSTIN (Legal Newsline)-Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is wrong to consider possible legal action over a deal that got Senate Democrats their final 60th vote on a federal health care overhaul, his Democratic challenger says.
Bowl Championship Series could face multistate action
Shurtleff (R) SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline)-Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is still planning to take legal action against a college football playoff system that he says disadvantages his and other states.
Family alleges man died from tainted Chinese blood thinner
The family of an east Texas man who allegedly died after taking a contaminated blood thinner has filed a lawsuit against the drug's manufacturers and the medical facility where the drug was administered.