News from 2018
Jiffy Lube customer files suit over alleged injuries after falling in automotive service pit
HOUSTON – A customer is seeking damages from an automotive shop after she fell into the open automotive service pit.
Motorcyclist seeks more than $200,000 from Arch-Con, others over accident
HOUSTON – A Navarro County man alleges he was thrown from his motorcycle after driving over sand and soil on a road carried from a construction site.
RLB Contracting employee seeks $2.5 million in damages over falls
HOUSTON – A seaman is seeking $2.5 million over two falls that allegedly injured him while he was working aboard a vessel.
Steve Mostyn’s e-signature appears on state document a year after suicide
BEAUMONT – A year after his suicide, the e-signature of John Steven Mostyn has appeared on a document recently filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of Texas.
Driver seeks damages from employer, Aldi after falling at freight dock
HOUSTON – A delivery driver alleges he was injured while inside a freight dock at a Houston grocery store.
Nail salon worker injured in slip and fall, court docs attribute incident to employer's tendency to overwater plant
HOUSTON – A nail salon worker has brought a slip and fall lawsuit against her employer.
THE PERILS OF SHARING THE ROAD WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER AT NIGHT
18 wheelers share the highway with us 24/7. The most dangerous time to share the road with them is nighttime. There is a reason why truckers call the time from midnight to 6:00am the DANGER ZONE.
Suit says Pasadena demoted female assistant police chief in retaliation for investigating chief's son
HOUSTON – A state district lawsuit accuses the City of Pasadena and its police department of demoting an assistant chief for complaining about another employee’s sexually inappropriate behaviors and comments.
State rep promising to reform TWIA while also profiting from lawsuits against it
HOUSTON – A video has recently surfaced of a Texas law firm boasting about involving a state representative in litigation against the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.
Ga. woman faults H-E-B for slip and fall at distribution center
HOUSTON – A Georgia woman claims that she experienced a slip and fall at a Texas-based supermarket chain’s local distribution center over the summer and has pursued legal action.
Auto repair business claims tow truck driver assaulted employee
HOUSTON – An auto repair business has filed a lawsuit in response to an incident in which a tow truck driver allegedly assaulted one of its employees, recent Harris County District Court records show.
Park Plaza Hospital patient files suit over fall injuries during stay
HOUSTON – A patient is suing a hospital and other medical entities over fall injuries she sustained during her hospital stay.
Consumer alleges Southwest Credit Systems failed to respond to dispute
SHERMAN – A Minnesota resident alleges a Carrollton collection agency did not mark an alleged debt as disputed.
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.