News published on Southeast Texas Record in March 2018

HOUSTON – A Harris County woman alleges that she was sexually assaulted while getting a massage at a Houston location.

HOUSTON – A Harris County man is suing an adult entertainment venue after one of its employees allegedly attacked him.

HOUSTON – A wedding events center faces a personal injury lawsuit from a guest who visited the venue almost two years ago.

HOUSTON – A Harris County man claims a north Houston tire shop performed a poor job on his vehicle, adding it resulted in his involvement in an accident.

HOUSTON – A Fourth of July workout for a Harris County man two years ago reportedly ended in injury.

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HOUSTON – Whataburger is accused of firing a worker who reportedly suffers from epilepsy.

HOUSTON – A former receptionist has filed a lawsuit alleging she was sexually harassed at the Houston medical clinic she used to work at, according to recent Harris County District Court records.

AUSTIN – “Transformative” is the word Gov. Greg Abbott used to describe Texans for Lawsuit Reform’s impact on the Texas economy and the role lawsuit reform has played in creating and protecting the Texas Miracle.

BEAUMONT – The evidence presented at a personal injury trial would enable “reasonable and fair-minded people” to conclude that Union Pacific Railroad was not at fault when a train collided with a tractor-trailer stopped on its tracks, according to the Ninth Court of Appeals.

HOUSTON – A waste disposal driver has filed a class-action lawsuit against his former employer over allegations he is owed unpaid overtime wages.

HOUSTON – A Texas appellate judge has affirmed the dismissal of a discrimination suit against grocery chain H.E. Butt (HEB) Grocery Co.

HOUSTON – Blacks Lives Matter: Houston and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas, along with six other organizations, have called for the suspension and removal of the 209th District Criminal Court Judge Michael McSpadden for comments made in a Feb. 23 Houston Chronicle report the groups claim show racial bias.

My law school years (1977-80) at the University of Texas were, in hindsight, close to idyllic. I loved my first-year professors, tuition at UT was dirt cheap, Austin was a wonderful place to live, and I reveled in the “college town” ambience, which was new to me. (Prior to arriving at UT, I had never attended a college football game. During my first year—when the Longhorns went undefeated in the regular season and Earl Campbell won the Heisman Trophy–I had season tickets on the 50-yard line at UT’s gigantic Memorial Stadium, for a pittance that even a broke law student could afford.) The post-game victory spectacle—honking horns on the Drag and the Tower lit up in orange—formed indelible memories.

HOUSTON – Vacations Publications, Inc. recently sued a former employee in an effort to curb her demands for back commissions.

HOUSTON – A La Porte man alleges his former College Park employer owes him unpaid overtime wages.

GALVESTON – A consumer alleges a vehicle purchased from a Friendswood auto dealership had a tampered odometer.

HOUSTON – Claiming he was the victim of a bogus oil and gas investment scheme, Harris County resident David Baliko has filed a lawsuit.

BEAUMONT – A local woman is suing Dollar Tree Stores for injures she allegedly received two years ago when she slipped on some cardboard.

HOUSTON – Anyone ever set up on a bad blind date can most likely attest to being none too pleased with the matchmaker, and perhaps might have even expressed that displeasure.