Dec. 21
PA - John Morgan, J - Bob Wortham
William Paul claims CMC Recycling "failed to maintain the situation" by "permitting" its forklift driver to strike him and slice off two of his fingers. Paul filed suit against Commercial Metals Co.
Case No. A180-928
PA - Jonathan Harris, J - Gary Sanderson
A Beaumont woman says she and her young son slipped and fell down a flight of stairs because the stairs were "negligently maintained."
Latosha Diggles has filed a personal injury suit against the Autumn Cove Apartments and Virtu Investments, claiming the companies allowed her apartments to "become very unsafe and dangerous."
Case No. B180-930
PA - Don Caggins Sr, J - Bob Wortham
Melvin Franklin might think twice when he hears the saying, "You can't have your cake and eat it too." Franklin is suing Tin Inc. for $1 million, claiming a piece of salt cake fell and hit him, while doing scaffolding work at Tin Temple Inland.
Franklin is also suing for past and future mental anguish, pain, impairment, lost earnings, disfigurement and medical costs, plus all court costs.
Case No. A180-938