News from November 2018
Air Resources Americas alleged to have paid straight time for overtime work
HOUSTON – A former safety consultant alleges she was not paid the correct rate for overtime work during her employment.
Client alleges The Accent Group refused to pay for severed cable line
GALVESTON – A property owner is seeking damages from a landscaping company after it allegedly severed a buried cable line.
Municipal Services Bureau allegedly keeps contacting wrong person to collect alleged debt
SHERMAN – A Plano consumer alleges an Austin debt collector is contacting him to collect a debt owed by another person.
Mewbourne Oil, Turnco Enterprises LLC alleged to have failed to pay overtime
HOUSTON – A Canyon man alleges his former Katy and Lubbock employers only paid him straight time for overtime work.
TransCanada USA Services employee alleges age, retaliation factors in termination
GALVESTON – A Katy woman alleges she was terminated because of her age and her filing of a harassment complaint.
G & H Towing employee alleges she is owed unpaid overtime wages
HOUSTON – An administrative assistant for a towing company alleges she was not paid for overtime work.
Doc, Gulf Coast Cardiology object to expert report in JC med-mal
BEAUMONT – Gulf Coast Cardiology Group and a physician are objecting to an expert report in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed in Jefferson County District Court.
Default judgment sought against PA doc in $1M med-mal
BEAUMONT – A motion for default judgment was recently filed in a medical malpractice lawsuit against two Port Arthur physicians who are accused of failing to perform an adequate tubal ligation.
Beaumont judge keeps TWIA Harvey suit in his court, denies motion for reconsideration
BEAUMONT – For the second time in two months, a district court has opted to keep a Hurricane Harvey lawsuit brought against the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association in his court.
Florida eatery sued after man eats Caesar salad containing romaine lettuce
HOUSTON – Barely a week after The Food and Drug Administration announced that romaine lettuce is unsafe for human consumption, a Brazos County man filed what is likely the first Texas lawsuit focusing on the purportedly tainted vegetable.
9th District Court upholds dismissal of suit against Joe Corley Detention Facility
BEAUMONT – The Court of Appeals of the 9th District at Beaumont affirmed a trial court order dismissing Valentin Ayala-Gutierrez’s suit claiming Civil Rights Act violations, noting Ayala-Gutierrez failed to appear at the hearing that was scheduled to establish why his suit should not be dismissed and never requested any citations to be prepared.
1st District Court of Appeals reverses says expert's opinion did not meet requirements in med-mal, reverses ruling
HOUSTON – On Nov. 13, the 1st District Court of Appeals in Texas remanded a medical malpractice suit back to a lower court over findings that the medical expert opinion did not comply with statutory requirements.
Mom tries to cash in on daughter’s misbehavior
The joke – attributed to Winston Churchill, George Bernard Shaw, and others – goes like this: A man asks a woman if she would go to bed with him for a million dollars. When she replies in the affirmative, he asks if she would do it for one dollar. Outraged, she responds, “What kind of woman do you think I am?”
Woman alleges sidewalk at Pasadena property caused fall
HOUSTON – A Harris County woman alleges she was injured at a Pasadena property because of the condition of the sidewalk.
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Convenience store formally replies to wrongful death suit
HOUSTON – A convenience store sued for wrongful death after a man fatally shot himself on its premises recently filed an original answer.
New York resident seeks $1 million from Goodwill Industries of Houston over chair collapse
HOUSTON – A New York woman is seeking $1 million in damages over alleged injuries caused by a chair in a Goodwill store.
Man's suit against City of Houston, police officer elevated to federal court
HOUSTON – The Houston Division of the Southern District of Texas recently took over a lawsuit filed by a man who alleges he was shot by a Houston police officer.
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Attorney initiates litigation after USA Gymnastics refuses to grant waiver of conflict of interest
HOUSTON – A local attorney has brought a state district lawsuit against the country’s national governing body for gymnastics, asserting the defendant would not grant him a waiver of a conflict of interest as he switched law firms.
Describing infant girl's death as 'unfortunate', defendants in suit against daycare deny responsibility
GALVESTON – Three defendants in a lawsuit arising from the August death of an infant girl have formally responded to the litigation, recent Galveston County District Court records show.
Hobby Lobby customer seeks more than $200,000 over alleged fall in store
BEAUMONT – A customer of a craft supply store in Beaumont alleges she was injured when she slipped in a puddle in the store.