News from April 2011
Starvin Marvin's injunction hearing nixed, reset for late April
Music-loving patrons of Starvin Marvin's Bar and Grill hoping for an expedient outcome will have to hold their lighters in the air a little bit longer, now that an injunction hearing set for Thursday has been nixed and reset for late April.
JK Harris
Abbott HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) -- South Carolina-based income tax consulting firm JK Harris & Co. must pay $800,000 in refunds to its Texas customers, the Texas Attorney General's Office said Tuesday.
LSC Board Announces Pro Bono Task Force
Washington, DC�The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Board of Directors is launching a Pro Bono Task Force to develop additional resources to help low-income Americans facing foreclosure, domestic violence and other serious civil legal problems.
Beaumont attorney indicted for impersonating public official
Engle A Jefferson County grand jury indicted Beaumont attorney Glen Allen Engle for impersonating a public official.
East Texas judge tosses $625M patent verdict against Apple
Apple's Cover Flow TYLER - A federal judge in East Texas has thrown out a $625.5 million patent-infringement verdict against Apple.
Oil exploration companies want stay vacated so drilling can begin
Feldman NEW ORLEANS � On March 15, four days before U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman would have required him to issue permits to oil and gas explorers, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and won a stay.
Recent patent infringement/false patent marking cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas
Recent patent infringement/false patent marking cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas, March 21-April 1, 2011.
Government files appeals brief in ObamaCare challenge
Obama TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The federal government, in an appeals brief filed Friday, called the judgment of a district court striking down President Barack Obama's federal health care reform "indefensible."
Legally Speaking: You Have the Right to Remain Strange
One of the benefits of writing a column like this is that when I don't feel like tackling a serious issue, I know that I can always count on the legal system to provide a seemingly never-ending stream of bizarre cases and truth-is-stranger-than-fiction litigants.
Victims' Vigil set for April 14
The Jefferson County Coalition for Victims of Crime will sponsor the 21st Annual Crime Victims' Candlelight Vigil, planned for Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at the Jefferson County Courthouse in the Jury Impaneling Room.
Car wreck trial continued until later this month
An automobile collision trial slated to begin Tuesday, April 5, has been continued and tentatively rescheduled for April 25.
School districts immune from prevailing wage suit, appeals court rules
Texas Justices seated on the Ninth Court of Appeals recently found that a Beaumont judge did not err in granting the Beaumont and Port Arthur Independent School Districts governmental immunity in a prevailing wage case.
McKinney police officer sued for allegedly breaking student's arm
Pipkin SHERMAN - The city of McKinney and a McKinney police officer are facing a lawsuit after the police officers allegedly broke a high school student's arm.
Exonerated pedophile wants $18 million from nurse who provided false testimony
SHERMAN - Now that his conviction has been overturned by the Dallas Fifth Court of Appeals, a Dallas County resident is suing the nurse who provided false testimony during his criminal trial.
Bill collector is sued after calling individual five times each day
A bill collector is being sued after repeatedly calling an Orange County man in an attempt to collect on an account which he claims has already been paid off.
Target sued for allowing hostile working environment
A Target employee is suing the store for allegedly allowing its supervisors to create a hostile working environment.
Worker loses arm in machinery, sues four companies
A Grimes County man claims doctors had to partially amputate his arm after a machine grabbed hold of it and wrenched it.
Ammunitions plant employee sues over asbestos exposure
Scott Carlile MARSHALL - An East Texan is suing several of his former employers claiming he was exposed to airborne asbestos fibers during his employment which resulted in his diagnosis of asbestos-related disease. and mild interstitial pulmonary fibrosis.
Latest Hurricane Ike-related insurance suits filed in Jefferson County
A total of two new lawsuits against insurance companies over Hurricane Ike related damage claims were filed in Jefferson County District Court, March 21-25, 2011.
Citibank seeks $15,000 from Beaumont man over credit card debt
A bank has filed suit against the Beaumont man it claims failed to repay more than $15,000 in credit card debt.