News published on Southeast Texas Record in December 2017

GALVESTON – A Galveston County contractor is alleged to have failed to complete the construction of a residence on time.

HOUSTON – A former driver for a nonemergency medical transportation service in Harris County alleges he is owed unpaid overtime wages.

HOUSTON – A Louisiana man is seeking damages after a collision with a commercial truck in Harris County.

HOUSTON — A Houston woman’s suit against Wells Fargo, which alleged unlawful employment practices and discrimination, has been dismissed.

HOUSTON – A former food truck worker alleges she is owed unpaid wages.

AUSTIN - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined 23 other states in urging Congress to enact national concealed-carry reciprocity legislation.

BEAUMONT – A defendant in an automobile collision lawsuit who argued that a police report shows his vehicle was pushed into the plaintiff’s vehicle after he was rear-ended was denied summary judgment.

When did some judges become comedians, albeit mediocre ones who have to laugh at their own jokes? You can almost hear these jurists chuckling at their assumed cleverness when you read their opinions and come across another witless witticism, often a lame pun on a litigant's name or marketing slogans. Here's a recent example: FedEx moved to dismiss a patent infringement case against it on the grounds that the Eastern District of Texas is not a convenient forum for it. Does the judge approve the motion based on the obvious merits and recent high court decisions? No, he snarkily denies it and tries to conceal the wrong thinking with a limp joke on the company's slogan.

HOUSTON – In a decision filed Nov. 21, the Court of Appeals for the 1st District of Texas affirmed a trial court’s decisions concerning the allowance and exclusion of evidence in a case seeking damages for the death of a woman in a traffic accident.

BEAUMONT – The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals at Beaumont has ordered the trial court to dismiss a truck driver's workers' compensation suit and ruled the suit’s proper venue was the Division of Worker’s Compensation.

HOUSTON – What was supposed to be a ride to the doctor’s office for one Harris County woman last year has resulted in a lawsuit.

GALVESTON – A Mississippi company that owns and manages fitness clubs throughout Texas is suing a former employee of its Galveston franchise for reportedly misusing trade secrets, recent Galveston County District Court records show.

HOUSTON – A Houston woman alleges that Houston Methodist Hospital fired her because she suffers from hypoglycemia.

HOUSTON – A Harris County man sued the county after he was allegedly assaulted in the jail.

TYLER DIVISION Nov. 21 JUMPSPORT, INC. V. THE HOME DEPOT, INC. ET AL 6:17-cv-00662-RWS-JDL

GLENN GUIDRY ET AL vs AMOCO CHEMICAL COMPANY ET AL