In August of 2015, Caitlin Clark, then 19 years old, died while a passenger on a motorcycle. Her father has filed suit against Tin Roof Acquisition Co. LLC for overserving alcohol to the motorcycle driver, who became “grossly intoxicated.” James Gainey Jr., 20 years old, was drinking at the Tin Roof in South Carolina on…
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Members of Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan’s litigation team, including Abraham Watkins’ own Benny Agosto, Jr., (working alongside firm partner Mo Aziz), has been named to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the air pollution lawsuit against Volkswagen for fraudulently manipulating emission controls in its vehicles. Houston attorney Richard Mithoff, a veteran of multiple cases of multi-district…
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In an opinion handed down last Friday, the Texas Supreme Court held that, where an arbitration is governed by the Texas General Arbitration Act, or “TAA,” courts cannot vacate the arbitration award on the grounds that the arbitrator “manifestly disregarded the law.” Justice Debra Lerhmann, writing for a unanimous Court in Hoskins v. Hoskins, reasoned…
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Earlier this month, Takata Corp., the Japanese airbag manufacturer, announced that it would expand recalls for defective airbag inflators to 40 million. Takata initiated the first phase of the expansion on Monday by filing reports with U.S. auto safety regulators declaring nearly 14 million air bag inflators defective. The use of ammonium nitrate is what…
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The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection recently issued a proposed rule that would restore consumers’ rights to bring class-action lawsuits against financial firms, such as banks and credit card companies. The proposed rule would prevent enforcement of arbitration clauses requiring consumers to present their disputes to private arbitrators favorable to the financial firms. The proposed…
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Last week, a Shell oil facility leaked nearly 90,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, according to federal authorities. The spill has left a two-mile by thirteen-mile sheen in the Gulf, approximately 165 miles southwest of New Orleans. The spill was first noticed near Shell’s Brutus platform on Thursday morning. A Shell spokeswoman…
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Eight people died and 44 others were injured after a charter bus heading from the Rio Grande Valley to Eagle Pass rolled over on a south Texas highway last Saturday. Seven people were pronounced dead at the scene, an eighth person died at a hospital, and the 44 others were transported to hospitals in the…
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Alyssa Chambers, a woman whose husband and 4-year-old daughter were killed after a doghouse fell out of a man’s truck and caused a pileup, has filed a lawsuit. Mrs. Chambers has sued the man who had the doghouse in his truck, a woman who rear-ended the car she was in, and the woman’s employer. According…
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