Nederland residents blame repairman for destruction of home’s foundation
Two Nederland residents allege their home’s foundation has been destroyed after two professionals failed to adequately repair it. Roebuck Chenoa and Coy Stark filed a lawsuit Oct. 22 in Jefferson...
View ArticleSlip & fall against Wal-Mart, McDonald’s called to trial
Litigation brought by Tonya Gilbert, who sued Wal-Mart Stores and McDonald’s after slipping in a freshly mopped area, has been called to trial. Tonya and her husband Robert Gilbert filed their suit...
View ArticleToyota takes exception to suit over Highlander design flaw
Toyota Motor Sales recently filed a special exception in litigation brought by Sarah Patton, who filed a lawsuit on behalf of the late Pamela Freeman after her Highlander hydroplaned on a wet road and...
View ArticleShopper trips over unsecured rug, sues Market Basket
Beaumont locals Edrena and Vincent Guillory are suing Market Basket for alleged injuries Edrena suffered when she tripped over an unsecured rug at the grocery store two years ago. The suit was filed...
View ArticleSummer trial slated against H-E-B by shopper who bonked head on cigarette rack
An summer trial has been slated in litigation brought by Devin Woods, who bonked his head on a cigarette rack while lifting his groceries at H-E-B. As previously reported, Wood filed suit against the...
View ArticleDriver says intoxicated driver to blame for multi-car collision
A man has filed suit against the driver who he claims rear-ended the vehicle behind him, causing a multi-car collision. Devin Woods claims he was stopped in the turning lane on Gulfway Drive in Port...
View ArticleDentist sued for not catching man’s oral cancer
Area resident Thurman Capps is suing his dentist, John LeBlanc DDS, for not catching his oral cancer. The suit was filed May 15 in Jefferson County District Court. According to the lawsuit, Capps was...
View ArticleH-E-B contends no evidence showing cigarette rack posed harm to shopper
Arguing there is no evidence proving unreasonable risk of harm, H-E-B has filed a motion for summary judgment in litigation brought by Devin Woods, who bonked his head on a cigarette rack while lifting...
View ArticleTrial setting pushed back in suit alleging H-E-B shopper bonked head on...
A new trial setting has been entered in litigation brought by Devin Woods, who bonked his head on a cigarette rack while lifting his groceries at H-E-B. The case was set for trial in June. As...
View ArticleTake nothing judgment entered in slip & fall suit against McDonald’s
A take nothing judgment has been entered in a suit brought by Tonya Gilbert, who sued Wal-Mart Stores and McDonald’s after slipping in a freshly mopped area. Tonya and her husband Robert Gilbert filed...
View ArticleAPAC Texas seeks summary judgment in wrongful death suit, argues woman was...
The late Pamela Freeman crashed her vehicle because she was under the influence and failed to control her speed, not because her Highlander hydroplaned on a wet road like the plaintiff asserts,...
View ArticleFall 2014 trial set in med-mal over man’s sepsis death
A fall 2014 trial has been slated in a medical malpractice claim brought on behalf of a man who died from sepsis. As previously reported, Louise Holt, widow of John Holt, filed suit against Beaumont...
View ArticleCelling collapse results in suit against King’s Food Mart
Beaumont local Andrea Batiste is suing King’s Food Mart and Abusaleh Fard for injuries she received when a piece of ceiling allegedly collapsed and fell on her. The suit was filed Nov. 21 in Jefferson...
View ArticleCorporate defendants non-suited from wrongful death suit, claim woman was...
Corporate defendants in a wrongful death suit were non-suited one month after the filing of a motion for summary judgment that argued the deceased was driving while under the influence. Originally,...
View ArticleMan sues driver after rear-end accident on MLK
A man is suing another driver over claims he sustained injuries in an accident. Joel Wallace filed a lawsuit March 13 in the Jefferson County District Court against Louis Edward Herbert, citing...
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