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14th Court affirms immunity for TxDOT in suit over outdoor sign regulation
HOUSTON - The 14th Court of Appeals affirmed an order of dismissal for want of jurisdiction in a lawsuit brought by Lamar Advantage Outdoor and filed against the Texas Department of Transportation and two of its officials. -
Justices gut lawsuit against TxDOT over tree removal
FORT WORTH - The Second Court of Appeals recently reversed in part a ruling denying the Texas Department of Transportation’s plea to the jurisdiction in a lawsuit brought over tree removal. -
Fifth Court of Appeals affirms ruling certifying class in litigation against USAA Insurance
DALLAS - The Fifth Court of Appeals recently affirmed a ruling granting a motion to certify a class in litigation brought against the USAA Casualty Insurance Company. -
Goliad County can’t place signs warning traffickers to turn around on Hwy 59 without TxDOT approval, AG opines
AUSTIN - A county does not have the authority to place a sign in a state highway right-of-way without approval of the Texas Department of Transportation or an agreement with the Texas Transportation Commission, Attorney General Ken Paxton opined yesterday. -
Justices kick suit accusing Jersey Village of failing to paint concrete barrier
HOUSTON - The First Court of Appeals has reversed a ruling denying the city of Jersey Village’s plea to the jurisdiction in a lawsuit accusing it of failing to paint a concrete barrier. -
Harris County Commissioners Court votes to temporarily pause suit against TxDOT’s I-45 expansion project
HOUSTON – At a special meeting of the Harris County Commissioners Court, the Court voted to direct Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee to negotiate a temporary stay of the county’s lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) over the North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP). -
Fort Worth woman sues TxDOT over deadly I-35 pileup, Provost Umphrey representing her
FORT WORTH – A Fort Worth woman has filed a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation, I-35 Tarrant County tollway operators and maintenance companies, and various trucking company owners and operators over a massive multi-fatality pileup on Interstate 35 in February that killed her husband. -
Worker's ear sliced by falling gate on TxDOT property claims negligence
HOUSTON — A pallet supply company employee working on a Texas Department of Transportation property had his ear sliced after a gate fell on top of him as he was exiting the property. -
Driver injured when road grading metal flies into windshield, suit claims
HOUSTON — The Texas Department of Transportation is facing a negligence claim after a piece of grating on Highway 146 came off the road and flew into a driver's windshield. -
AG Paxton: San Antonio agrees to deliver records over city’s decision to ban Chick-fil-A from airport
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton recently announced that his office reached an agreement with the City of San Antonio regarding an April 11 open records request for documents related to the City’s decision to exclude Chick-fil-A from the San Antonio International Airport based on the restaurant chain’s donations to religious ministries. -
Texas AG sues for access to public records on San Antonio’s ‘discriminatory exclusion’ of Chick-fil-A from its airport
AUSTIN – On Monday, Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a petition in Travis County District Court against the City of San Antonio as part of his office’s investigation into the city’s exclusion of Chick-fil-A from an airport concession contract. -
Court docs: product testing company made driver haul hazmat without certification
HOUSTON – A multinational product testing and certification company has been sued by a former employee who alleges that he was made to transport hazardous material though he was not certified to do so, recent Harris County District Court records show. -
BERGER & MONTAGUE PC: $750,000 Settlement Reached in Grant Fraud Lawsuit Against Texas A&M University Research Foundation
Berger Montague is pleased to announce that the Texas A&M University Research Foundation has agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve grant fraud claims under the False Claims Act (“FCA”). -
Ferguson Law obtains TRO in fatal New Mexico 18-wheeler crash
BEAUMONT - The Ferguson Law Firm has obtained a temporary restraining order preserving all evidence related to a violent 18-wheeler crash outside of Albuquerque on Dec. 22. -
Legally Speaking: President Obama, time for a refresher course on Constitutional Law"
Browning At a March 30, 2007, campaign fundraiser, then-candidate Barack Obama stated "I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president, I actually respect the Constitution." -
Man takes cutting torch to barrel, sues company after barrel explodes
Payne MARSHALL - An East Texan who took a cutting torch to a barrel containing rubbing alcohol residue has filed a personal injury lawsuit after the barrel exploded and caused him to sustain severe injuries and burns. -
Legally Speaking: Federal Preemption -- But Only When It Suits Us
As expected, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice recently filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent enforcement of Arizona's new immigration law, S.B. 1070. -
Suit blames death on truck's dangerous design
Payne MARSHALL � During a rollover accident in June 2009, the driver-side roof of a Ford F-350 collapsed and crushed the driver causing fatal injuries. -
Appeals court reverses $8.2 million verdict against UP, orders change of venue
Ruling that a case tried in the wrong county is "never harmless," justices on the Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals reversed an $8.2 million verdict levied against Union Pacific Railroad on July 16. -
Appeals court hears oral arguments from UP to reverse $8.2M verdict
Jefferson County Chief District Judge Gary Sanderson conducted a trial he should have transferred and upheld a jury verdict he should have overturned, Union Pacific Railroad argued before the Ninth District appeals court in Beaumont on April 2.