News published on Southeast Texas Record in April 2017

Beaumont, Tx. - A Texas appeals court upheld a lower court’s decision to dismiss health care liability claims against two doctors and the pain institutes where they worked.

HOUSTON – A local community college system is the target of a lawsuit over a labor organization’s right to pay professional dues through payroll deduction.

AUSTIN – The House Calendars Committee voted to advance House Bill 1774, commonly called the hailstorm lawsuit bill, on Thursday.

Marshall – A federal jury in Marshall returned a $133.4 million verdict late Wednesday in an antitrust case against General Electric.

GALVESTON — A Brazoria County man is suing Wal-Mart, alleging wrongful termination and gender discrimination.

HOUSTON — A Harris County woman is suing a Houston gas station operator, alleging negligence led to the plaintiff suffering injuries.

First, we get hit with high-intensity storms that pummeled parts of our state in previous weeks with large hail. Next, we get soaked by storm-chasing personal injury lawyers looking to line their pockets. Texas is taking a pounding, and it’s time for the Texas Legislature to do their part to stop it. Since we can’t control the weather, let’s tackle abusive hail storm lawsuits and enact smart reforms.

SAN ANTONIO – On April 27, Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm, announced its continued expansion with the additions of partners David Jones, San Antonio, and Gerard Wimberly, New Orleans.

HOUSTON – A blast at a Louisiana containerboard mill earlier this year has resulted in a wrongful death lawsuit, according to recent Harris County District Court records.

HOUSTON – A Nigerian national has filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart in response to an incident in which the business accused him of shoplifting.

GALVESTON — A La Marque women is suing a debt collector, alleging unconscionable business practices.

HOUSTON — A Brazoria County customer is suing Sears Roebuck, alleging its negligence led to injuries.

HOUSTON — A Harris County man has filed a class action lawsuit against a roofing business, alleging violation of workers compensation acts in failing to pay proper overtime.

HOUSTON — A Harris County mother and her son are suing Whole Foods, alleging the defendant's negligence resulted in injuries to the son.

HOUSTON — A Harris County man is suing a Houston coffee plant owner, alleging its negligence caused the death of the plaintiff's father.

HOUSTON — A Brazos County man is suing an oil field services company, alleging violation of workers compensation acts in failing to pay overtime.

MARSHALL — A motorist is suing another driver and his employer, alleging their negligence caused a vehicle crash.

BEAUMONT – A local woman is suing an ambulance service, alleging a paramedic dropped her while trying to pick her up off a toilet.

BEAUMONT – A daycare is being sued for negligently allowing one child to push another child.

The latest tract by Erwin Chemerinsky, liberal law professor and dean of the University of California at Irvine School of Law, is depressingly familiar. Like his Enhancing Government: Federalism for the 21st Century (2008), The Conservative Assault on the Constitution (2011), and The Case Against the Supreme Court (2014), his new book is a diatribe masquerading as legal scholarship. The usual villains—conservative Supreme Court justices, malevolent government officials, rapacious corporations, racist police officers—are pitted against the wrongly accused, helpless consumers, and oppressed victims of discrimination.