News from September 2015
Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance Co. asks court to void damaged boat claim
Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance Co. is suing a client over the client's allegedly fraudulent claims of damage to his boat.
Former employee claims age, disability discrimination
A Jefferson County woman is suing her former workplace and former supervisor over a claim of disability and age discrimination and retaliation. She further asserts assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Cyclist sues motorist, alleging vehicular negligence
A Texas City man is suing a Trinity motorist, alleging he was hit by the defendant while riding his bicycle.
Court-shopping Texas trial lawyers heading to Louisiana, say tort reform groups
Texas and Louisiana tort reform groups are voicing concerns that Lone Star trial lawyers are seeking Bayou State clients to sue Chesapeake Energy.
Unnecessary lawsuits won’t improve health care
Appearances can be deceiving, but sometimes they are exactly what they look to be.
Ohio couple filed benzene suit against 14 petrochemical companies for husband's cancer
An Ohio couple has pursued legal action against a host of petrochemical companies after the husband contracted cancer, recent Galveston County court records show. Columbus, Ohio residents Gregory and Patricia Justice filed a lawsuit in Galveston County 122nd District Court on Aug. 28, stating that BP Amoco Chemical Company, BP Corporation North America, Inc., BP Products North America, Inc. and eleven other entities are to blame for Gregory Justice developing acute myeloid leukemia in early 201
Woman claims firework struck her during 4th of July party, sues host
A Galveston County woman’s lawsuit blames an Alvin man for injuries she allegedly sustained at a Fourth of July get-together on his property more than a year ago. In the suit, filed Aug. 24 in the Galveston County 10th District Court, plaintiff Kerry Vernell Crow-Hart asserts that she was a guest at William Thompson, Jr.’s residence on July 4, 2014, “when she was struck in the face by a firework mortar from a fireworks display set up at the home by” Thompson himself or someone upon Thompson’s i
Arnold & Itkin attorneys land $1.7M and $2.8M jury verdicts from W&T Offshore
The Houston law firm Arnold & Itkin recently secured two verdicts rendered against W&T Offshore, reaping $3.5 million in total from the company in a single day.
Family sues General Motors, alleging negligence following fatal collision
Beneficiaries of Linda Cox's estate are suing General Motors, alleging negligence in a car accident that killed Linda Cox and injured her spouse.
Galveston County woman sues car insurance firm, alleging refusal to pay benefits
A Galveston County woman is suing her car insurance company, alleging it refuses to pay uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage following a vehicle accident the woman was in.
Drug suspect sues Houston police officers, alleging wrongful conduct
A Texas man is suing a municipal jurisdiction and eight individual officers, alleging malicious abuse during a violent encounter that the plaintiff says constituted wrongful conduct.
Man sues travel insurance company for failing to cover mother's death in Nigeria
Texas resident Eseoghene Ogbu-Sifo has filed a federal lawsuit, claiming Travelex Insurance Services, Inc. should cover his mother’s 2013 death as a result of a motor vehicle accident in Nigeria. Ogbu-Sifo’s suit, filed Aug. 19 in the Houston Division of the Southern District of Texas, accuses Travelex of engaging “in deceptive practices for the sole purpose of avoiding payment of the plaintiff’s bona fide claim.” Court documents show that Ogbu-Sifo purchased the policy in question for his mot