News from July 2010
After settling lawsuit, DuPont turns and sues
Six months after settling a lawsuit with a pair of chemical emissions detectors who, ironically enough, sued DuPont after being exposed to chemicals, DuPont has turned and sued the company it hired to test its facility.
Plaintiff seeks summary judgment against BISD
Last March, the Southeast Texas Record reported on litigation filed by Brenda Narcisse, a Jefferson County resident, who sued the Beaumont Independent School District and one of its bus drivers.
Store sued after PA woman falls
A woman has filed suit against a Port Arthur store after she says she sustained injuries when she slipped on a wet floor.
Woman sues over wreck on Delaware
A Beaumont woman has filed suit against the driver who she claims failed to yield the right-of-way and struck her vehicle.
60th 8/2010
S AND S SPRINKLER CO LLC VS RODNEY SOWELL ET AL
Woman files suit over rear-end collision
Lisa Berry is suing Kenneth Toups for allegedly rear-ending a vehicle she was riding in last March.
Interstate wreck ends in suit
A collision on Interstate 10 has led a Houston resident to file suit against a Florida resident.
Company sues VISD for subcontractor's nonpayment
Transit Mix Concrete & Material Company has filed suit against the Vidor Independent School District, alleging one of VISD's subcontractors refused to pay its bill.
Mom sues neighbors for son's dog bite
Orange resident Angela Moses is suing Raymont and Jessica Nugent, also Orange residents, claiming the couples' dog bit her minor son.
30-foot fall from broken ladder results in litigation
Although he protested, John Carpenter claims his employer told him to climb up a "worn ladder" or lose his job. When he reached about 30 feet, the ladder collapsed.
Woman claims she was sexually assaulted by rental property employee
In a suit filed against Woodrow Rentals, Karen Barks is claiming a rental property employee used a backup key to break into her home and sexually assault her.
Former employee sues Crawdad's Convenience Stores for discrimination
Claiming race and age discrimination, Cheryl King has filed suit against Crawdad's Convenience Stores.
Recent real estate foreclosures filed in Orange County court
Recent real estate foreclosures filed in Orange County court
Radnofsky's revival of the Big Tobacco Bonanza
Barbara Ann Radnofsky would like to reprise the Great Texas Tobacco Settlement of 1998, which garnered $3.3 billion in attorneys fees for Beaumont's Walter Umphrey and Wayne Reaud, Houston's John O'Quinn and John Eddie Williams Jr., and Dangerfield's Harold Nix.
Capitol Comment: Bureaucratic Barriers Must Not Obstruct Oil Spill Cleanup
More than two months have passed since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, tragically killing 11 workers and causing a leak that is gushing up to 60,000 barrels of oil into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico each day.
Provost Umphrey claims banana picker reps siphoned clients, money
In 2001, the Provost Umphrey law firm hired two men, Rob Roberts and David Rossi, to manage thousands of Central American banana pickers who allegedly became sterile after repeated exposure to pesticides.
Recruit sues Marines over heat stroke during training
SHERMAN-A Marine recruit is suing his recruiters and the U.S. Marine Corps after he suffered a massive heat stroke during what he claims was vigorous physical activity in extreme heat conditions.
Latest hurricane-related insurance suits filed in Jefferson County
A total of five new lawsuits against insurance companies over Hurricane Ike damage claims have been filed in Jefferson County District Court, June 21-25, 2010.
14 seafood businesses sue BP in Jefferson County
Floyd's Cajun Seafood in Beaumont A group of seafood restaurant owners claim they face economic difficulties after facing deprived access to their usual supplies of fresh seafood due to the sinking of a BP oil rig.
Widow of TxDOT employee killed at work asks court to preserve evidence
A Texas woman has filed an application for injunctive relief, asking the court to prevent trucking companies from destroying any evidence that may be used to determine the cause of an accident that took her husband's life.