News from May 2010
Motorcycle rider claims he was hit by drunk driver
After being hit by a car, a motorcycle rider is suing not only the driver who was allegedly drunk but also the owner of the vehicle.
Man sues company, employee for auto wreck
Beaumont resident Jay Howell is suing Benjamin Bryant Jr. and his employer, Super Service, for allegedly causing an auto collision two years ago.
Passenger sues driver for coughing and running off road
Two years ago, Ronald Robison was a passenger in a vehicle when the driver began coughing heavily, causing him to run off the road and strike a tree.
Cautious driver sues motorist for speeding through construction zone
Jay Hilton, a Beaumont resident, has filed suit against AAB Transportation and one of its truck drivers, Roderick Dickerson, who allegedly sped through a construction zone and struck his vehicle.
Suit says man fell through rotten trailer floor
The wife of a deceased man claims her husband had to undergo spinal surgery after he fell through a rotted floor while working.
Parties in litigation over plans for new rig service company
A Jefferson County corporation claims it lost $250,000 after a Bridge City man failed to make good on his promise to sell half of his interest in a rig service company.
Coin company sues former employee over confidential information
A coin seller claims it shared top secret and confidential information with an employee for four years, and now that employee is using that knowledge to recruit customers for a competing company.
Steel supplier sues construction company over $100,000 debt
A Louisiana corporation has filed suit against a Cypress company, alleging it failed to pay more than $100,000 for goods it was delivered.
House demolished despite injunction, lawsuit claims
A Beaumont woman claims a demolition company razed a home she purchased despite an addendum ordering the company to refrain from such an action.
Auto collision leads to law suit
A man claims he sustained injuries after a driver struck his vehicle.
PA man claims property owner failing to provide deed
A Port Arthur man claims he cannot rent out property he rightfully owns because its former owner refuses to transfer the deed.
Plaintiffs rest in Katrina wrongful death lawsuit
Di Leo NEW ORLEANS, La. (Legal Newsline) - The plaintiffs rested their case against Methodist Hospital in Orleans Parish Civil District Court Friday in a suit over a patient who died after the hospital lost power during 2005's Hurricane Katrina.
Abbott sues TaxMasters CEO
Abbott HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Thursday that his office has filed an enforcement action against a Houston-based tax resolution company and its owner over allegedly misleading customers.
Starbucks 'Hot Tea' Lawsuit Highlights a Void in Personal Responsibility
Koenning It's hard to believe that the now-infamous "hot coffee" lawsuit against McDonald's happened 16 years ago.
Discovery battle erupts in scaffold injury suit
For the past three years, United Scaffolding and plaintiff Encarnacion Perez Jr., a Total Petrochemicals refinery employee, have been engaged in heated litigation over an injury Perez received while dismantling a scaffold.
Suit blames three men for causing collision
A woman has filed suit against three men she claims caused a collision.
Rear-end collision subject of trial
Motorists who unexpectedly met six years ago in an automobile collision will come together again as a trial over the incident begins in a Jefferson County courtroom.
Woman sues employer after alleged assault by co-worker
A Hardin County woman filed suit against her employer and the co-worker she claims assaulted and sexually harassed her.
Heirs in dispute over property division
The children of a deceased man have filed suit against relatives over how an inheritance should be divided.
Woman injured in wreck sues driver
A woman has filed suit against the driver who she claims failed to keep a proper lookout and collided with her vehicle.