News published on Southeast Texas Record in March 2019

HOUSTON — A Harris County man is suing a food store, alleging he was injured when part of a ceiling fell on him.

HOUSTON — A Harris County man is suing a beverage company, alleging he was terminated due to his race.

TEXARKANA — A family is suing a school services company alleging the death of a loved one was due to the negligence of a school bus driver.

HOUSTON — An employee is suing Dollar General, alleging she was regularly paid less than she was owed.

BEAUMONT – Before a jury could be selected, a lawsuit brought against multiple companies for injuries a man received when a Kubota RTV stuck him settled.

HOUSTON — A Harris County man is suing a Houston business, alleging he was unfairly terminated due to his race.

HOUSTON — A customer is suing a League City clothing store, alleging she was injured when a metal object fell on her head.

HOUSTON — A student is suing her place of education, alleging she was subjected to discrimination and unfair treatment.

BEAUMONT – A trial has started over injuries a man allegedly received while riding an elevator at a hotel.

HOUSTON — A Harris County woman is suing Jack-In-The-Box, alleging that she was caused to slip and fall on water in the restaurant.

BEAUMONT – The Ferguson Law Firm recently secured a jury verdict worth nearly $11,500 in damages following an automobile collision trial in Jefferson County.

Claremont-trained political philosophers represent some of the strongest voices in conservative intellectual circles, but many of them share a flawed view of the Constitution, expressed vigorously—and sometimes splenetically—by the late Harry V. Jaffa. Edward Erler’s recent essay, “Don’t Read the Constitution the Way Robert Bork Did,” channels both Jaffa’s truculent spirit and the doctrinaire position of West Coast Straussians, complete with familiar—albeit irrelevant–references to Abraham Lincoln and the Declaration of Independence. Unfortunately, Erler’s essay illustrates why the Left’s conception of constitutional law is ascendant while conservatives continue to dither: Unlike progressives, discordant conservatives have been largely ineffective in articulating—let alone advancing—a coherent vision of constitutional law.

HOUSTON – Miguel Bueno, of Harris County, is suing his apartment complex on allegations it sought to evict him when he expressed concerns about the property in the Energy Corridor section of Houston.

HOUSTON -- A plaintiff failed to convince the Texas First District Court of Appeals to reverse a $5,000 sanction against her in her foreclosure battle with Wells Fargo on March 19.

HOUSTON -- The Texas 14th Court of Appeals affirmed March 21 an order of severance in favor of a woman whom Fort Bend County had sued amid a worker’s compensation issue after her husband, a sheriff, died on the job.

The Dispute Resolution Center (DRC) of Jefferson County, which offers mediation sessions that aim to provide non-adversarial alternative to litigation or jury trial, is accepting applications for its volunteer mediation training.

GALVESTON – A marine dealership sued last month for allegedly selling a sport fishing boat that bore faulty equipment to a Matagorda County couple recently countered the litigation.

The Jefferson County District Court reported the following activity on March 25 in the suits below:

HOUSTON – An on the job accident involving a saw last year has prompted Harris County resident Jim Liang to sue Alpha Plastics, Inc.

The Jefferson County District Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by Troy Capital LLC against Capital One NA and Caroll L Smith on March 25: