News published on Southeast Texas Record in August 2017

HOUSTON – Two Harris County residents allege they were damaged when they sold their property because of an inaccurate report.

HOUSTON – A Katy consumer alleges she has been damaged by the negligent misrepresentation of a financial adviser and insurance company.

HOUSTON – A Travis County woman alleges that a hospital filed an invalid lien against her.

HOUSTON – The spouse and three sons of a man killed while operating a dozer allege that the machinery was defective.

HOUSTON – A defective piece of exercise equipment caused a hotel guest’s workout to result in a personal injury lawsuit, recent Harris County District Court records show.

HOUSTON – A female employee of a linen cleaning company has filed a lawsuit in response to alleged mistreatment from her supervisor, according to recent Harris County District Court records.

HOUSTON – A lawsuit filed in response to an American teenager’s drowning death at a school in Thailand was elevated to the federal level.

BEAUMONT – On Aug. 9, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a federal court’s dismissal of a civil rights suit brought by African-American attorney Stella Morrison against former 252nd District Judge Layne Walker.

DALLAS – The president of the Texas Association of Consumer Lawyers was recently arrested for assaulting several people while apparently intoxicated.

AUSTIN— On Aug. 9, Attorney General Ken Paxton intervened in a property tax lawsuit against Dumas Independent School District, stating that the district violated state law and the Texas Constitution when it reduced the district’s local option homestead exemption.

In June the Supreme Court issued a decision in TC Heartland v. Kraft Food Group Brands that might lead one to believe that the Eastern District of Texas will no longer be the go-to district for patent infringement claims, and companies facing what they believe to be frivolous claims against them will not be forced to defend themselves outside of their home state. But the long-term effect of TC Heartland is still unclear. In TC Heartland, the Supreme Court held that “[residence]” under 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b), the patent specific venue statute that determines where a suit can be filed, refers only to the state of incorporation for domestic corporations.

HOUSTON – An Austin man claims he is owed money for a software deal on which he was working earlier this year.

HOUSTON – Two Harris County women allege a bad portion of sidewalk caused them to fall.

HOUSTON – A Harris County woman allege she was injured at Pasadena apartment complex because of a hazard left by maintenance personnel.

HOUSTON – An invitee to a Houston FedEx Office Print & Ship claims she was injured in fall because of an obstacle left in the doorway.

GALVESTON – A Montgomery man alleges his Rosharon employers discriminated against him because of his disability.

BEAUMONT – A Silsbee woman alleges that she was injured in a fall at a Beaumont Chuck E. Cheese restaurant.

HOUSTON – Two Harris County women employed as travel agents allege they were not paid for overtime work.

SHEILA BARTON, ATTY CHRISTROPHER M PORTNER vs. WENDELL R BAILEY ET AL, ATTY MITCHELL W TEMPLETON, PRO SE

MARSHALL DIVISION Aug. 1 MIRROR IMAGING LLC V. GREEN BANCORP, INC. ET AL 2:17-cv-00563-JRG