Personal Injury Law News of interest to Joe B Stephens, a Houston Personal Injury Lawyer, who battles for the rghts of the ordinary person in Houston, Harris County, Texas
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October 13, 2010
Richmond resident claims bus driver was under the influence
A Richmond resident is suing a shuttle company, claiming the bus driver was driving under the influence when he allegedly caused an accident.
Brock Bruce filed suit in Harris County District Court on Oct. 6, claiming a shuttle driver negligently operated the bus and failed to keep a proper lookout, which caused Bruce to be thrown from his seat. more...
October 12, 2010
Katy man sued over jet ski incident
A woman is suing after an intoxicated man allegedly struck her while driving a jet ski.
Adrianne Tullier filed suit in Harris County District Court on Oct. 7, claiming an intoxicated Lawnie Sturdevant failed to maintain control of his jet ski, colliding into the jetski Tullier was operating. more...
October 11, 2010
Man claims he was injured at nightclub
A Katy resident is suing a Memorial nightclub, claiming he slipped on an unsafe wet floor and seriously injured himself.
Juan Jose Gonzalez Jr., filed a lawsuit on Oct. 4 in the Harris County District Court against Re-Er Inc., doing business as Metropolis Discotheque, claiming negligence. more...
October 8, 2010
Woman sues, claims she tripped at Memorial restaurant
A woman is suing a Memorial area restaurant after she tripped over a piece of wood sticking out of a pillar in the restaurant and fell.
Suzanne Pfardresher filed suit in Harris County District Court on Sept. 29, claiming that Juan Carlos Gallegos failed to keep the premises of his restaurant, Sweet Mesquite, safe. more...
October 7, 2010
Tentative $21M Settlement Agreed in Eastman Kodak Discrimination Class Action
New York, NY: A class action settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Eastman Kodak Compan ("Eastman Kodak" or "Kodak" or "Defendant") pending in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York alleging, among other things, that Kodak engaged in an ongoing pattern and practice of racial discrimination against its African American employees, including (i) discrimination in compensation, (ii) discrimination in promotions, (iii) discrimination in wage classifications and job assignments, (iv) harassment or hostile work environment, and (v) retaliation, purportedly in violation of (1) Title VII of The Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., (2) The Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and (3) The New York Human Rights Law, 15 N.Y. Executive Law §§ 291 et seq., according to the Eastman Kodak race discrimination class action lawsuit settlement final approval order. more...
October 6, 2010
Interior Secretary Announces Drilling-Safety Rules
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Thursday announced long-expected offshore-drilling and workplace-safety rules and said the requirements are the first in a wave of new regulations aimed at avoiding a repeat of the BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) disaster, the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. more...
October 5, 2010
Galveston women sue cable company over auto wreck
GALVESTON - Two Galveston County women have filed suit against State Farm, Comcast, and a Galveston man over an automobile accident in late September 2008.
Debra Carter and Betty Williams say they were involved in a collision with Eleazar Zarate, a Comcast employee, on Sept. 23, 2008, which left them with bodily injuries. more...
October 4, 2010
Personal Injury Lawyer Rob Ammons Named 2010's Best Civil Attorney by the Houston Press
Record Breaking Verdict of 82.5 Million Dollars Cited
HOUSTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Personal Injury Lawyer Rob Ammons of the Ammons Law Firm has just been named the Best Civil Attorney according to a Houston Press "Best Of" poll.
Ammons' 82.5 million dollar verdict for a family of a man killed at a Cleburne, Texas natural gas processing plant in 2007 is hailed by writers at The Houston Press as proof that; "large corporations can still be held responsible for misdeeds, no matter how handcuffed plaintiffs' attorneys have become via tort reform." more...
October 1, 2010
Texas: ATS Labels Anti-Traffic Camera Initiatives Racist
Traffic camera firm invokes 1965 civil rights bill to stop votes in Baytown and Houston, Texas that would ban red light cameras.
ATS lawyer Andy TaylorThe citizen-led groups that want the public to decide the future of red light cameras are racist, according to lawsuits filed by American Traffic Solutions (ATS) in a pair of Texas cities. The Arizona-based photo enforcement firm filed in a state court in Baytown on Thursday and then an ATS-funded front group filed an identical case in a federal court in Houston on Friday. Residents in both cities signed petitions placing a ban on automated ticketing machines onto the November 2 ballot, but ATS cites the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 as a reason to block these votes. more...