Jun 14, 2017 | ADA, Lawsuits, Legal, Legislative
The Americans with Disabilities Act, which President George H. W. Bush signed into law in 1990, was noble in intention. “Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down,” Bush declared, invoking the rhetoric of civil rights to describe America’s disabled...
May 8, 2017 | Cases, Lawsuits, Legal
Source: by Amanda Bronstad. Johnson & Johnson, hoping to reverse a $502 million verdict, is accusing plaintiffs attorney W. Mark Lanier of lying to a federal judge and jury about payments he made to two expert witnesses in a pivotal hip implant trial last year in...
May 5, 2017 | Bills, Hail, Lawsuits, Legislative
Source: SE Texas Record | by David Yates AUSTIN – Voting mostly along party lines, the Texas House tentatively passed H.B. 1774, commonly called the hailstorm lawsuit abuse bill, on Thursday night. Texans for Lawsuit Reform has long argued the bill will protect...
Sep 22, 2016 | Cases, Lawsuits, Legal
Source: Southeast Texas Record (Link) Author: David Yates BEAUMONT – The Ninth Court of Appeals recently stayed a Hurricane Rita lawsuit brought against the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, finding temporarily relief should be granted to prevent “undue...
Jun 24, 2016 | Lawsuits, Remediation
By Kevin Krause @KevinRKrause kkrause@dallasnews.com Staff Writer Published: 24 June 2016 08:00 AM Updated: 24 June 2016 01:03 PM Flower Mound resident Kirk Grady owned some Hunt County property with a woodpile for about three years before he sold it in 2002. Hunt...
