On Friday, July 8, 2011, a Houston jury returned its verdict in Jamie Leigh Jones’ case against KBR, Inc., Halliburton Co., and Charles Bortz. Jones is the former KBR employee that was allegedly drugged and raped by fellow employees while working in Iraq. The companies and Bortz denied all allegations of rape and a subsequent…
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“Drug Company Accused of Fraud” According to the Associated Press, a federal lawsuit was filed this week in Mississippi which claims Wyeth made millions of dollars by misrepresenting clinical data and using sham litigation to maintain a monopoly over a drug used to treat depression and anxiety. The lawsuit was filed by a retail pharmacy…
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The Texas Supreme Court recently reversed a $3.8 million judgment and set aside the jury verdict in a lawsuit brought by a San Benito family against the cemetery that removed the family’s loved one’s remains from the burial plot and moved them to another location without the family’s permission. The verdict and judgment stems from…
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Last week a firm attorney wrote about the Texas Legislature’s attempt to increase speed limits for large trucks to 75 miles per hour. The attempt is now official as Texas Governor Rick Perry signed the bill into law. Under the current Texas law, the speed limit along most rural highways is 70 mph during the…
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A jury determined that a lighter which “badly burned” a six-year-old child was defective in its design and construction. Three years ago, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that her claim based upon the improper design of the lighter was “preempted” by federal testing requirements, even though courts in other states did not find that the…
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The United States Supreme Court dismissed a class-action lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., which claimed that the retailer had discriminated against 1.5 million female workers. Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the 5-4 majority in Dukes v. Wal-Mart, said that “In a company of Wal-Mart’s size and geographical scope, it is quite unbelievable that all managers…
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An April article from Fox News has brought new attention to a long-standing problem within the legal community, namely the shortage of Latino justices on our nation’s state supreme courts. As the 2010 Census numbers begin to be thoroughly analyzed, it is clear that the Hispanic population in the United States has grown exponentially once…
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According to The New York Times, the legal claims by hundreds of American survivors of Nazi death camps have set off an intense lobbying campaign in Washington on their behalf. But opposition from the government and even from leading Jewish groups has created an uncomfortable rift between groups that are normally in alliance and has…
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