News published on Southeast Texas Record in November 2017

HOUSTON – A construction worker alleges that his former employer failed to pay him for overtime work.

GALVESTON – A Galveston County business alleges that it was not paid for billboard space by a Montgomery company.

HOUSTON – A Monahans man alleges that he was terminated in retaliation after he was injured on the job.

HOUSTON – A settlement has been reached in Chevron USA Inc.’s lawsuit against Ronald Guajardo in which the company had alleged the contractor stole proprietary information.

HOUSTON – A Harlingen man claims that he was injured while working because he was not provided safety gear.

HOUSTON – A former server and bartender for a Houston establishment has filed a class action lawsuit over allegations that she and class members earned wages that were not paid.

“I recently went through a very bad breakup where my husband put me out of his home and kept everything I owned,” Carmelite Lofton said on the GoFundMe page she established in the summer of 2015.

BEAUMONT – In August, a Jefferson County jury awarded $1.1 million in damages to Michael Stelly, who claims he stepped onto a gangway that gave way and nearly tossed him into the water after finishing his barge inspection.

HOUSTON – A trial court erred by not dismissing a discrimination claim brought against The University of Texas – MD Anderson Cancer Center, an appellate court recently found.

HOUSTON – A Los Angeles woman is suing a fast casual restaurant for what she alleges was false imprisonment.

HOUSTON – A prominent Texas trial lawyer is alleging a Dallas man and three attorneys from Louisiana interfered with a contract between him and the surviving relatives of a man killed in a recent rig fire, recent Harris County District Court records show.

LOUIS MATTHEW FARROW vs THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

BEAUMONT – The dismissal of a sex discrimination lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation is currently before the Ninth Court of Appeals.

AUSTIN – Attorney General Paxton praised President Trump for signing into law a joint resolution passed by the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives that rescinds the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s “unconstitutional” Arbitration Rule.

HOUSTON (November 7, 2017) -- Two years ago, I sold one of the last American offshore drilling vessels to a foreign buyer. The Ocean Titan was an obsolete jack-up rig, an equipment platform for deepwater exploration and development. Over its forty-year lifespan, American shipbuilding had been ravaged by rivals abroad and burdensome regulations at home. Today, the industry falls grievously short of the hope expressed by the drafters of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920: “that the United States shall have a merchant marine of the best equipped and most suitable types of vessels.”

BEAUMONT – Justices on the Ninth Court of Appeals have been tasked to decide whether the Beaumont Independent School District has immunity from a wrongful death suit.

HOUSTON – An insurance litigator with Mostyn Law is currently not eligible to practice law in Texas, according to the State Bar of Texas website.

HOUSTON – A Louisiana seaman is seeking more than $1 million from his Kingwood employer over allegations he was caused injuries by the actions of his supervisor.

HOUSTON – A Texas company that manufactures and designs tarps and other equipment claims that a Baytown man is interfering with its contracts and customer/supplier relationships.

HOUSTON – The Court of Appeals for the 1st District of Texas reversed one part if an earlier trial court decision that a medical care company had disparaged a computer support company resulting in business loss, but upheld the computer company’s breach of contract suit and money awards.