News from June 2012
League City seeks $15K from temporary city manager
Polanco GALVESTON - In an effort to recover $15,000 from a former official, the city of League City has filed a lawsuit.
Deed to Texas City property leads to litigation
GALVESTON - Local resident Ivonne Elena Davila has filed suit against Flor Reyna of Spring for failing to provide documentation to real property in Texas City.
Kemah resident sued for violating non-compete agreement
GALVESTON - True North Marine LLC alleges Kemah resident Antonio Bettale violated the no competition clause of its employment agreement with him, recent court documents say.
Suit filed over wreck on FM 517
Clements Jr. GALVESTON - Local residents John and Marion Pandolph blame Dickinson resident Gary Wayne Dean Jr. for a wreck last year in Dickinson.
Santa Fe woman sues over rear-end collision
Aldous GALVESTON - Santa Fe local Kristin Brown is suing Hitchcock resident Christopher Simpson in response to a two-vehicle accident last year, recent court documents say.
Man who lost eye during drunken boat ride dismisses bar from suit
Wittenmyer GALVESTON - A League City resident has non-suited one of the defendants in his lawsuit over the loss of his eye during a Halloween 2010 boat ride.
Mom sues after child injured on playground
On behalf of her 3-year-old daughter, Cheryl Hoffman is suing Agape Land Learning Tree, alleging the center should have stopped her child from climbing a rope ladder and fracturing her arm.
Nursing home substitutes counsel in malpractice suit
Romano A motion to substitute counsel was granted in a lawsuit accusing a nursing home of twice forgetting to administer medications to a patient, resulting in two separate hospitalizations.
Defendant seeks summary judgment in mailman's dog attack suit
A defendant is contending he never lived at the home where a U.S. Postal Service employee claims he was attacked two separate times by another man's dog.
Corporate defendants respond to injured worker's request for production
Baldo Defendants Jacobs Engineering Group and Bechtel Corp. have responded to a discovery request made by plaintiff Tommy Kelly, who alleges he tripped and injured his legs and knees while running from a tipping crane.
Take-nothing judgment entered in infection suit against nail salon
Shellenberger An agreed take-nothing judgment has been entered in a lawsuit brought by Collin Sheldon, who sued the Beaumont nail salon Tic Tac Day Spa alleging she received a staph infection following her pedicure.
Defendant asserts captain who fainted and hit head already received compensation
Pusateri Defendant C.B.H. Services is asserting a former ship captain does not have a right to recover damages under the Jones Act and has already received compensation for his alleged injury.
State employee files pregnancy discrimination lawsuit
King An administrative assistant for the Texas Department of Family & Protective Services has filed a discrimination lawsuit that claims she was terminated after she announced she was again pregnant six months after returning from maternity leave.
***FOR PRINT*** Garlock accuses Texas asbestos attorneys of fraud
Troy Chandler of Williams Kherkher Hart Boundas in Houston
Garlock accuses Texas asbestos attorneys of fraud
Troy Chandler of Williams Kherkher Hart Boundas in Houston CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) - An Texas asbestos law firm is being accused of fraud by a company that claims the firm produced two different versions of how its client fell ill in an effort to boost recovery.
Port Neches man sues women for rear-ending him
Newell Port Neches resident Gary Burkett is suing Hillary Coy and Patricia Reyes for rear-ending his vehicle.
Benito Garza got what he deserves
What is more heartrending than the loss of a child?
Infrared Cameras sued for selling wrong camera
Bruun Pearl River has filed suit against Infrared Cameras, alleging the company sold it a much cheaper camera than what was originally purchased.
Exploding oven suit against Market Basket set for August trial
Market Basket is facing an August trial in litigation brought by Dana Falcon, a store employee who was allegedly injured when an oven exploded.
Colorado attorney brought in for wrongful death case against tractor maker, seller
An out-of-state attorney has been brought in as additional counsel for a plaintiff alleging she lost her husband after a tractor flipped on top of him.