News published on Southeast Texas Record in July 2017

BROWNSVILLE – An Eagle Lake consumer alleges a Pennsylvania-based debt collector harassed him with phone calls.

GALVESTON – A Pearland man alleges a Keystone RV-manufactured travel trailer he purchased is defective.

HOUSTON – A senior inspector for a Texas corporation has filed a class-action lawsuit against his employer over allegations of unpaid overtime wages.

GALVESTON – A Galveston County woman employed as a nurse alleges that she and other nurses worked during meal times without appropriate compensation.

YLER – A Texas jury awarded Eidos Display LLC and Eidos III LLC $4.1 million in damages in a lawsuit where it was found that an LCD panel maker knowingly violated a patent in the screen making process.

WILLIS – The Court of Appeals for the 9th District of Texas at Appeals at Beaumont has reversed an order and rendered judgment in favor of the city of Willis in a lawsuit regarding its use of red light cameras.

GALVESTON – An Alto individual and a Texas corporation are alleged to have failed to pay a loan in full.

HOUSTON — A Harris County security systems provider is suing the owners of a Houston dog care business, alleging negligence led to a dog attack on the plaintiff.

HOUSTON — A Harris County couple is suing a Spring landlord, alleging breach of a residential lease agreement.

GALVESTON — A Katy husband and wife are suing timeshare brokers, alleging negligent misrepresentation.

SHERMAN — A Dallas man is suing a consumer packaging company, alleging failure to uphold Americans with Disabilities Act regulations.

SHERMAN — A Trophy Club project engineer is suing aerospace equipment providers, alleging sex discrimination and retaliation.

TYLER – The U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas, a favorite venue for patent litigation, will hold on to at least one more patent lawsuit for the time being, as a federal judge recently found a defendant’s TC Heartland argument “unpersuasive.”

GALVESTON – A federal lawsuit accuses the City of League City and Mayor Pat Hallisey of violating a former city manager’s First Amendment rights.

HOUSTON — A Harris County customer is suing Wal-Mart, alleging negligence caused her to suffer injuries.

HOUSTON — A transsexual woman is suing Phillips 66, alleging sex discrimination.

HOUSTON – The Texas Supreme Court recently suspended a Harris County justice of the peace following accusations that she sexted while in the courtroom and used her bailiff of buy drugs.

Sheridan resident accuses nursing home facility of wrongful deathHOUSTOB — An estate representative is suing Sugarland Management LLC d/b/a Sugar Land Health Centre, nursing home facility, citing alleged gross negligence, assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress.Carol Boehme, individually and on behalf of the estate of Kevin Boehme, deceased filed a complaint on July 17, in the Doddridge Circuit Court against the defendants alleging that they failed to provide 24-hour nursinf srvices.According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that, in 2000, she as a result of defendant's negligence, Kevin Boehme developed bedsores, and infections.

HOUSTON — A former teacher is suing the Houston school district, alleging race and age discrimination and retaliation.

CASE: SUSAN MANUEL vs. GWENDOLYN LEJUNIE COUNSEL: DANE ALEXANDER DENNISON – P, JOSHUA HEINZ – D