Father sues employer after losing job for taking time off for daughter’s birth
LUFKIN – A father has filed a lawsuit against his former employer that claims he was fired for taking time off for the birth of his daughter. Claiming violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act,...
View ArticleSuit blames Chrysler for fatalities in minivan crash
HOUSTON – A two-vehicle accident in West Texas last year which killed a Houston couple and left their three children paralyzed has resulted in a federal lawsuit. The surviving relatives of Joshua and...
View ArticleAttorney ad litem appointed for minor in suit against daycare
A joint motion to appoint an attorney ad litem was recently granted in a suit against a local daycare. As previously reported, Meltasha Moore, on behalf of her minor child, filed suit against Carolyn...
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Woman in dispute with step-brother over father’s property
gunntommy.jpg Gunn The only daughter of a deceased Beaumont man claims his former wife has wrongly conveyed her father's property to her son. Read More »
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Mother sues federal government for wrongly deporting daughter; Suit seeks $15M
doj-logo.jpg HOUSTON - A Dallas County woman is suing the federal government for $15 million after her teenage daughter was deported to South America. Read More »
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Suit filed by mother, daughter over injuries from rear-end collision
gehringtom.jpg Gehring A woman claims she and her minor daughter sustained shock after a driver rear-ended the vehicle in which they were riding. Read More »
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New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County
opensign.jpg New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County, July 26-Aug. 1, 2012. Read More »
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Beaumont man sues driver who caused wreck fleeing from police
policecarwithlights.jpg A Beaumont man has filed suit against the driver who he claims struck his vehicle while fleeing from police. Read More »
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Substitution of service granted, again, in officer’s injury suit
juhanmug.jpg Juhan For the second time, a Beaumont judge is allowing a process server to tack a lawsuit to a defendant's front door in a local officer's personal injury case. Read More »
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Employee hurt after Lowe’s customer drops fridge
chatelainjill.jpg Chatelain A Tennessee woman is suing Lowe's Home Centers, alleging she was hurt while helping a customer load a refrigerator into a vehicle two years ago. Read More »
View ArticleParents blame auto wreck for daughter’s prenatal injuries
The parents of a physically and intellectually handicapped child have filed suit against the truck driver who they claim struck their vehicle while the mother was pregnant. Jason and Lisa Moore claim...
View ArticleWreck on Eastex leads to lawsuit
A woman claims she and her minor daughter suffered severe back injuries during a rear-end collision. Snookie Spurlock filed a lawsuit Dec. 12 in Jefferson County District Court against Keaton Baker. In...
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BISD seeks dismissal from suit over lawnmower firing rock through classroom...
Castanon The Beaumont Independent School District recently filed a plea to the jurisdiction and motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Clorinda Parks, who alleges a lawnmower shot a rock through her...
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Daycare settles $1M suit over toddler left in van unattended
Little Angel’s Faith Development Center recently reached an undisclosed settlement with Sheryl Maxile, who originally sought $1 million in damages after from the daycare after an employee left her...
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Parents claim daughter injured at Chick-Fil-A
Gehring GALVESTON – Christy and Jeff Galyean have filed suit against a local Chick-Fil-A franchise in response to injuries sustained by their young daughter. In a lawsuit filed against Charles Gibson,...
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Going public with the family laundry
By now, everyone’s seen or heard about the Youtube video in which an exasperated father fires 10 rounds into his teenaged daughter’s laptop computer. Although most of us would not act out our anger in...
View ArticleOrange County man claims daughter injured in collision
An Orange County man claims he and his minor daughter sustained injuries during a collision. Thomas Christopher Griffith filed a lawsuit Feb. 22 in Jefferson County District Court against Keri Thomsen...
View ArticleMother, daughter claim injuries from crash
Two women have filed suit against the driver who they claim slammed into the side of the vehicle in which they were riding. Lauren M. Smith was driving her mother, Shelli Smith, in Jefferson County on...
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Chuck E. Cheese to pay injured child $6.5K
Chuck E. Cheese recently settled for $6,500 a suit brought by Cassandra Diggles, who sued the restaurant after her daughter hit her head while playing on a ride. Diggles filed suit against Chuck E....
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Judge orders accused courthouse shooter to undergo psych testing
Granger The man accused of fatally shooting a woman and wounding three others at the Jefferson County Courthouse in March will undergo psychiatric testing, a judge has ordered. Bartholomew Granger...
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