SHERMAN, Texas—Today, a federal jury ruled that Vicki Baker is entitled to $59,656.59 in damages after a SWAT team destroyed her McKinney, Texas, home while pursuing a fleeing fugitive in July 2020. The ruling is a victory for Vicki, who joined forces with the Institute for Justice (IJ) to file a lawsuit in March 2021, after the city refused to pay for the damage that had been caused.
AUSTIN – Gov. Greg Abbott has reappointed David L. Evans as presiding judge of the Eighth Administrative Judicial Region for a term set to expire four years from the date of qualification, a press release states.
AUSTIN - A class action complaint recently brought against Tesla is accusing the company of violating the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act by terminating workers without providing sufficient notice.
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, urging reversal of a lower court’s decision to vacate the largest offshore oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history, a press release states.
HOUSTON - The State Commission on Judicial Conduct has issued a public admonition and order of additional education for Judge Darrell Jordan, who presides over Harris County’s Criminal Court at Law No. 16.