News from September 2012
Physician’s assistant files Equal Pay lawsuit
An Anahuac physician’s assistant has filed a lawsuit that claims she was paid less that her male counterparts and was not paid for any overtime work.
Plano man sues debt collector over two-a-day telephone calls
SHERMAN - A Plano man is suing a debt collector after he received two telephone calls a day for several months.
Suit filed after tractor trailer loaded with cigarettes goes up in flames
TEXARKANA - A carrier company has filed a lawsuit seeking to recoup its losses after one of its tractor trailers loaded with cigarettes caught on fire.
Legally Speaking: Replacing lawyers with computers
In Johnny Cash’s great song “The Legend of John Henry’s Hammer” (inspired by American folklore hero/railroad worker John Henry), one of the great man vs. machine showdowns takes place.
Logic is never terminal
As Mark Twain once observed, “There are liars, damned liars, and statisticians.”
Jefferson County 136th District Court docket: October 2012
EVON JONES VS BAPTIST HOSPITALS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
Sports Connection settles go-kart injury suit for $50K
Sports Connection has settled a suit filed on behalf of minor Derionna Guillory, who was rammed by another child while driving a go-kart, for $50,000.
McDonald’s non-suited from woman’s claim that eggs caused sickness
McDonald’s has been non-suited from a claim brought by Lillie Thomas, who alleged that “foreign matter” in her meal made her ill.
Pistol showdown suit dismissed
Last May, the Southeast Texas Record reported on a suit brought by Joseph Kiker, which alleges Thomas Termine pulled a gun on him after he threatened the man for not leashing his dog.
Beaumont attorney withdraws from auto collision suit
Beaumont attorney Adam Terrell has withdrawn from an automobile collision lawsuit he filed on behalf of plaintiff Thomas Davis.
Slip and fall at Hitchcock store leads to lawsuit
GALVESTON - Santa Fe local Shawn Rosson has filed suit against Baywood Foods after he allegedly fell at its Hitchcock store.