News from May 2015
DBA: 5/5 - 5/11/2015
May 5 - 11, 2015
Widow brings Kirbyville police to court over husband’s asphyxiation
A Jefferson County woman brought a lawsuit against a Jasper County municipality and two of its officers for her husband’s allegedly wrongful death in 2013.
Father sues shipping outfit for son’s disappearance at sea
Houston Ship Channel
Railway worker cites targeted dismissal, sues UPRR
A man brought a lawsuit against his employer for alleged wrongful termination in 2014.
Ex-airline worker sues United, cites civil rights violation
A Harris County woman sued her former employer alleging unlawful employment practices in 2013.
Senior broadcasting professional sues U of H, alleges age discrimination
A Harris County woman brought a lawsuit against her former employer for alleged discrimination and retaliation in 2011.
Widow sues husband’s employer citing wrongful death in electrocution
A woman brought a lawsuit against a Delaware company on grounds of alleged negligence in 2014.
Black woman sues TDCJ for discrimination, alleges noose hung in plain view
A Louisiana woman brought a lawsuit against a state government agency for alleged violation of her civil rights in 2014.
Home health aide alleges discrimination and retaliation
A Harris County woman brought a lawsuit against a Houston corporation for alleged racial discrimination in 2013, in violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Firm attempts to collect unpaid consumer credit balance
A Colorado-based collections firm brought a lawsuit against a Jefferson County individual for alleged breach of fiduciary duty in an unresolved 2012 matter.
Allegedly fire-prone buses spark Port Arthur suit against Chrysler
The City of Port Arthur, Texas, brought a complaint against Daimler Buses North Carolina Inc. in the Beaumont Division of the Eastern District of Texas on May 12, claiming liability in a December 2004 purchase.
Landlord, renter file suit for neighbor’s alleged property damage
A pair of Galveston businesses brought a lawsuit against an individual for alleged damages resulting from property infringement in 2013.
High court reverses ruling some feared would undermine corporate forthrightness with DOJ
On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court reversed a ruling by an appellate court allowing a former employee’s defamation suit against Shell Oil to proceed – a 2013 ruling some entities believed left companies open to civil actions for being forthright with federal regulatory agencies.
Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas
MARSHALL DIVISION
Cornyn, Cruz co-sponsor bill to roll back EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan
WASHINGTON – West Virginia’s U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has introduced legislation aimed at rolling back President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan.
