BEAUMONT – Today, the Ninth Court of Appeals reversed an Entergy a summary judgment loss in a lawsuit brought by two men claiming they were injured by an energized power line while navigating Hurricane Harvey floodwaters.
BEAUMONT – Entergy is looking to appeal a summary judgment loss in a lawsuit brought by two men claiming they were injured by an energized power line while navigating Hurricane Harvey floodwaters.
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.
HOUSTON — A federal judge has signed an order distributing over $24 million to royalty owners and the lawyers that represented them in a six-year battle over improperly paid oil and gas royalties.
Jefferson County District Judge Kent Walston is staunchly supported by trial lawyers practicing before him. When he last ran for reelection, unopposed, big contributions came in from attorneys at Provost Umphrey, Reaud Morgan and Quinn, Moore Landry, Weller Green Toups & Terrell, and the Ferguson Law Firm.
HOUSTON — A federal judge has approved a class action settlement, including $24.4 million in a cash fund to resolve litigation against Repsol Oil and Gas USA, LLC, formerly Talisman Energy USA, Inc., for royalty owners’ claims that the company improperly allocated production volumes and underpaid owners for wells operated in the Eagle Ford shale basin in South Texas.
BEAUMONT – Judge Mitch Templeton did not err by opting not to grant a new trial in car wreck suit that resulted in a jury awarding no damages, according to an opinion issued by the Ninth Court of Appeals today.
BEAUMONT – Over the years, iconic attorneys Walter Umphrey and Wayne Reaud have contributed greatly to the Jefferson County courthouse – somewhat literally, as the two men and their law firms have been stuffing heaps of cash into the coffers of the judges who preside over their cases for decades now.
BEAUMONT – The Provost Umphrey Law Firm has announced that Matthew Matheny has been made an equity partner. Matheny, who has been with the firm for 18 years, is widely recognized as a top personal injury lawyer in Texas.
BEAUMONT – The Ninth Court of Appeals recently affirmed a ruling affirming a trial court’s ruling granting the Weller Green Toups & Terrell law firm summary judgment.
BEAUMONT – Area trial lawyers dumped tens of thousands of dollars into the campaign coffers of two district judges who will reclaim their benches this November without a fight.
The U.S. Treasury website says that forgivable loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) were meant to provide “small businesses with the resources they need to maintain their payroll,” but some of the loans seem to have gone to businesses that aren’t so small.
BEAUMONT – Some of Texas’ most recognizable law firms seem to be struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic, as they have applied and received millions of dollars from the Paycheck Protection Program.
