News from October 2017
Texas AG applauds Trump repeal of ‘unlawful’ Clean Power Plan
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton is praising the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to repeal the unlawful Obama-era Clean Power Plan, a “job-killing regulation” that Texas, West Virginia and 22 other states successfully challenged all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Attorney: Tigers at Houston Aquarium 'deserve better'
HOUSTON – The Houston Aquarium and Landry's Inc. faces a lawsuit over their allegedly inhumane treatment of the tigers at the facility.
Attorney general says law enforcement officers can receive naloxone prescriptions
AUSTIN – On Oct. 4, Attorney General Ken Paxton released an opinion stating that under the Texas Health and Safety code law enforcement officers are authorized to receive prescriptions of naloxone to individuals who have overdosed on opioids.
Jury awards $4 billion in punitive damages to American Airlines exec widow, children
DALLAS – The heirs of Max Hopper, a deceased American Airlines executive, have come out more than victorious in their suit against banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co. over allegations of breach of fiduciary duty.
Consumer claims East Coast Equipment Group Inc. delivered incorrect excavator
GALVESTON – An Anahuac consumer claims that an excavator he ordered was not the one he received.
Consumer alleges calls from Spectrum were made without her consent
SHERMAN – A Dallas consumer alleges that she has been harassed by phone calls made by Spectrum.
Longhorn Emergency Medical Associates alleged to have failed to pay for all hours worked
MARSHALL – A nurse practitioner has filed a class-action lawsuit over allegations that she was not paid for all hours worked at a hospital emergency room.
Woman alleges she was terminated by Austin Industrial Inc. for taking time off for surgery
BEAUMONT – A Village Mills resident alleges that she was terminated for needing time off for a medically necessary surgery.
Consumer claims Charter Communications Inc. has wrong number
BEAUMONT – An Orange consumer alleges she has been called hundreds of times by a communications company in its attempt to reach an unknown person.
ARK Sand Co. Inc. seeks declaration regarding sand pit lease
GALVESTON – A Hallettsville corporation is seeking declaration regarding a written lease with an allegedly forged signature.
African-American man alleges discriminatory treatment by Kilgore Construction LLC
BEAUMONT – An African-American man alleges that he was discriminated against by his former employer because of his race.
Mostyn Law says ‘calendaring error’ prevented firm from complying with judge’s order in hail suit
FORT WORTH – A “calendaring error” is apparently the reason why Mostyn Law failed to comply with a court order – a mistake that nearly led to a client’s hail suit being dismissed for want of prosecution.
Hail lawsuit all wet without facts
If a mechanic or a contractor handed you an invoice for several hundred or several thousand dollars, with no breakdown of the specific work done on your car or home and the time it took, you'd hand it back and ask for an itemized bill.
Johnson & Johnson 'remains committed' in battle against hip implant lawsuits
DALLAS – Medicinal-pharmaceutical corporate giant Johnson & Johnson Co. continues to battle more than 8,000 lawsuits made against the company over an allegedly defective hip implant device, and attorneys for the firm insist they are in the right despite continuing setbacks in a case that seems to have no end.
Comcast faces lawsuit over $13K billing dispute
HOUSTON – A Harris County woman brought a lawsuit against Comcast over an unresolved billing dispute.
Woman seeks more than $100,000 from Moody Gardens over fall allegedly caused by cheese
GALVESTON – A Galveston County woman alleges that she sustained injuries in a fall caused by cheese on the floor.
John Moore LP alleges couple owes more than $6,000 for HVAC, sewer work
GALVESTON – An HVAC and sewer contractor alleges a Dickinson couple failed to pay for work provided.
Anderson Pfeiffer PC alleges client failed to pay fees
GALVESTON – A Dickinson law firm alleges that a Pearland individual failed to pay for services provided.
Man alleges slick spot in Houston Lowe's parking lot caused fall
HOUSTON – A Harris County man alleges he was injured at a home improvement store because of the conditions in the parking lot.
Woman alleges Absolute Drywall Services owes nearly $25,000 in unpaid overtime
HOUSTON – A woman alleges her former employer retaliated against her for her complaints of not getting paid for overtime work.