News from December 2018
Passenger claims Turkish Airlines flight attendant stepped on foot on 'multiple occasions'
HOUSTON – A Fort Bend County woman is suing Turk Hava Yollari, A.O., doing business as Turkish Airlines, after sustaining a foot injury during a flight earlier this year.
Furniture business consultant lost sales because of fire at neighboring business, suit asserts
HOUSTON – An alleged fire earlier this year has prompted a furniture business consultant to file a lawsuit, recent Harris County District Court records show.
Installation engineer seeks damages from TechnipFMC US Holdings, others over fall on drill ship
HOUSTON – An installation engineer alleges wet stairs on a drill ship caused her to fall and injure her jaw.
Consumer alleges TLRA Debt Recovery is harassing her with calls for debt she doesn't owe
TYLER – A Whitehouse resident alleges debt collectors are calling her to collect a debt she does not owe.
Consumer alleges letter from AssetCare, CF Medical falsely suggests settlement offer was one-time option
HOUSTON – A Houston consumer has filed a class-action lawsuit against two debt collectors over allegations a letter sent to him was misleading.
Consumers allege Mobility Lift Aids disclosed false information about minivan before purchase
HOUSTON – A Tennessee couple alleges the Houston sellers of a minivan misrepresented the condition of the vehicle.
SG Blocks allegedly breached contract with South Heights Purchase
HOUSTON – A limited liability company alleges that it paid a company to pay a supplier for materials and it failed to do so.
Mobile home focus of lawsuit
HOUSTON – Claiming that it has never received a mobile it purchased for a “man camp” in West Texas, AWT Logistics, LLC has pursued legal action.
Invitee alleges SLS Houston Properties failed to warn of soapy water that caused fall
HOUSTON – A Harris County woman alleges she was not warned of soapy water on a floor that caused her to fall.
Driver seeks more than $200,000 from Dupre Logistics over tractor-trailer collision
BEAUMONT – A Nederland man is seeking more than $200,000 from a company and its driver over a tractor-trailer collision in Jefferson County.
Former sales agent alleges BergHOFF International owes unpaid overtime wages
HOUSTON – A former employee of a housewares and kitchen appliances manufacturer is seeking to recover allegedly unpaid overtime wages.
Amarillo Global alleges Houston man owes more than $8,000 for roofing work
HOUSTON – A Katy business alleges a Houston individual failed to pay it for roofing services at his property.
Jefferson County 58th District Court Docket: February 2019
JEPSON BLUHM LLC vs. MONTGOMERY CHANDLER INC ET AL
Dismissed: federal judge's order closes flight attendants' suit against Boeing
HOUSTON – A federal lawsuit pitting two United flight attendants against The Boeing Co. came to an end before it could turn a month old.
Lawsuit: Army reservist passed over for promotion because of absences attributed to deployments
HOUSTON – Locally-based Keane Group, Inc. has been sued by an employee who asserts that the company passed him over for a promotion because of his military service, recent Houston federal court records show.
'Absolute havoc': son's wrongful death suit accuses father of fatally shooting mother
GALVESTON – The 2016 shooting death of a La Marque woman has resulted in litigation.
Court vacates turnover order in case between Port Arthur Steam Energy, Oxbow Calcining
BEAUMONT – An appellate court has reversed two decisions made by a lower court in a case between two companies over an energy agreement.
9th District reverses order denying U.S. Money Reserve's motion to compel arbitration in employment agreement case
BEAUMONT – An appellate court has ruled that a lower court wrongfully denied a precious metal buying company's motion to compel arbitration in a case against two former employees.
Court affirms denial of plea to jurisdiction in injured officer's case against METRO
HOUSTON – A lower court did not err in denying a plea to the jurisdiction filed by Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County in a case over the shooting injury of a Houston police officer.
Hotel guest brings personal injury claims against downtown Houston property
HOUSTON – A Louisiana man claims in a state district lawsuit that he was injured during his stay more than a year ago at a downtown Houston hotel.