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Gulf Gate MRI sues Houston attorney seeking cut from settlement proceeds
HOUSTON - A healthcare provider is suing a Houston attorney for his alleged “scheme to defraud (its) rightful share of settlement funds,” states a recently filed lawsuit.
Court permits Google to beef up motion to dismiss states’ antitrust case
AUSTIN - A federal court recently allowed Google to enter supplemental briefing in support of its motion to dismiss claims in an antitrust case brought by several states.
Texas SC punts suit over woman falling out of university’s golf cart back to lower court
AUSTIN - Whether Texas State University was timely served in a lawsuit alleging a woman was thrown from a golf has been left to a lower court to decide.
Man sues for $1M alleging rolling chair at Knapp Chevrolet slid out from under him
HOUSTON - A lawsuit seeking up to $1 million is alleging a raised rolling chair at Knapp Chevrolet slipped out from under a man, causing him injury.
VA appeals $2.9M med-mal verdict over botched surgery, National Trial Law representing veteran
LITTLE ROCK - The U.S. has filed a notice of appeal after a federal court awarded nearly $3 million to an Arkansas veteran who suffered permanent brain damage due to medical errors during a routine spinal surgery at the VA hospital in Little Rock in 2018.
Ferguson Law partners Chip Ferguson and Cody Dishon secure record-breaking $7.75 million settlement for mild traumatic brain injury
BEAUMONT - Two partners from The Ferguson Law Firm recently recovered a record-breaking settlement in a mild traumatic brain injury case.
Hallett & Perrin attorney Jesse Beck joins International Association of Defense Counsel
DALLAS – The International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) has announced that Jesse Beck, an attorney at Hallett & Perrin, P.C. in Dallas, Texas, has accepted an invitation to join the IADC, the preeminent invitation-only global legal organization for attorneys who represent corporate and insurance interests, a press release states.
Roofer slips on shingles and falls, files suit seeking more than $1M in damages
HOUSTON - A lawsuit seeking more than $1 million in damages is alleging that a man hired to repair shingles on the roof of an apartment complex slipped on some old shingles and fell.
Falling elevator results in suit against Holiday Inn
HOUSTON - A lawsuit seeking up to $1 million in damages is alleging a hotel elevator fell two floors, injuring the man inside.
Justices keep New Jersey pharmaceutical company in Texas opioid MDL
HOUSTON - The 14th Court of Appeals yesterday affirmed a ruling denying a New Jersey pharmaceutical company’s special appearance in opioid litigation currently housed in a Harris County MDL.
States sue Biden Administration over ban on private firearms sales
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton is heading a multi-state coalition to sue the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for allegedly attempting to abridge Americans’ constitutional right to privately buy and sell firearms.
$1M slip and fall brought against Fred Haas Motors
HOUSTON - A slip and fall lawsuit seeking more than $1 million in damages has been brought against Fred Haas Motors.
Dismissed: Heart surgeon’s defamation case against Hearst Newspapers, ProPublica
HOUSTON - The First Court of Appeals on Thursday reversed a ruling denying a motion to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought by a renowned heart surgeon against several media defendants.
Texas Supreme Court upholds retroactive provision of Pandemic Liability Protection Act
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court concluded that the application of the Pandemic Liability Protection Act (PLPA) to a breach-of-contract claim does not violate a retroactivity clause in the Texas Constitution.
Death at Frito-Lay facility results in $71.95 million verdict against Walker Engineering
DALLAS - A jury in Dallas County has found Irving-based Walker Engineering liable in the death of a worker on one of its job sites, awarding his widow and four children $71.95 million, states an Aldous Walker law firm press release.
TLRPAC endorses John McQueeney in Republican primary for HD 97
AUSTIN—Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC today endorsed John McQueeney for election in the Republican Primary runoff for House District 97, which covers part of Tarrant County, a press release states.
Justices greenlight flight attendant’s slip & fall suit against city of Houston
HOUSTON - The 14th Court of Appeals has affirmed the denial of the city of Houston’s jurisdictional plea in a slip and fall lawsuit.
Daspit Law Firm sues former client seeking fees from plant explosion suit
HOUSTON - A Houston law firm has filed suit against a former client seeking fees from litigation brought over a plant explosion.
Texas Supreme Court asked to review dismissal of suit over woman’s suicide with gun purchased from Academy
HOUSTON - A father recently petitioned the Texas Supreme Court to review Academy Sports + Outdoors’ summary judgment win in a suit asserting his daughter committed suicide with a handgun purchased from the store.
Supreme Court declines to hear Texas election integrity law case
AUSTIN – The Supreme Court of the United States declined to hear a case brought by a political group that sought to overturn Texas’s age-based restrictions on mail-in voting.