Arnold A Jefferson County jury recently awarded a plaintiff more than $4.8 million in damages in a wrongful death trial against Van Dyke's Chesapeake Seafood.
Arnold A June preferential trial setting has been slated in a case alleging Gulf Harvest Seafood caused a processing facility worker's death by failing to provide him with medical care after he was injured.
Minutes before its slated start, an automobile collision trial between area residents Rachel Limbrick and Martha LaZoya settled, giving jurors an early present for Valentine's Day.
Jefferson County corrections officers have filed a lawsuit against the county to obtain compensation for the overtime hours they worked during Hurricane Ike in September 2008.
L'auberge Du Lac Hotel and Casino, Lake Charles, La. The Ninth Court of Appeals in Beaumont recently affirmed a lower court's ruling not to give a local woman a new trial, decreasing her odds to score big against a Louisiana casino.
For the last eight days, 12 Jefferson County residents have been subjected to lengthy slideshow presentations and detailed testimony from insurance adjusters, as the trial of John and Deborah Cahill vs. Liberty Mutual entered its second week.
Jefferson County corrections officers have filed a lawsuit against the county to obtain compensation for the overtime hours they worked during Hurricane Ike in September 2008.
Juhon In August 2008, the Southeast Texas Record reported on litigation brought by Lee Davis, a construction worker who claimed his employer, W. O'Neill Construction, negligently caused him to shoot himself in the stomach with a nail by removing the safety switch on nail gun.
Justices presiding over the Ninth Court of Appeals recently ordered an Orange County judge to enforce a forum-selection clause in a breach of contract lawsuit filed against the popular Internet auction site eBay.
White Perhaps suffering from buyer's remorse, Lavinia Roy sued Kinsel Ford last April, alleging the company misrepresented her annual percentage rate after buying a vehicle from the local dealership.
Last June, the Southeast Texas Record reported on a suit filed by Arrankumar Lachman, doing business as D&L Trucking, against C&C West Contracting, in which he asserted he was not paid money owed pursuant to a trucking services contract.