Civil Trials

More Than 500 Indians Abused by Human Trafficking, Lawyer Says

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina not only almost destroyed New Orleans and wreaked havoc on the Gulf Coast. The hurricane may also have opened the door for human trafficking for one company, according to lawsuits filed in Texas and Mississippi on Tuesday. The swathe of destruction Hurricane Katrina cut ... More >>

Promoter Sues Owners of Club Where Jay-Z, Beyonce, LeBron James, Dwayne Wade Celebrated All-Star Weekend

A group called All Pro Management is suing the owners of Rich's, where Jay-Z (aka Mr. Beyonce Knowles) hosted an NBA All-Star par-tay, accusing them of cheating All Pro out of proceeds from liquor sales. The promoters claimed to have paid $25,000 to host the event, according to the Courthouse News ... More >>

Houston Press Staff Writer Named a Co-Defendant in Swamplot vs. Mark Thuesen Suit

Craig Malisow of the Houston Press has been named a third-party defendant in a lawsuit that pits Swamplot against former homeowners' association president Mark Thuesen and vice versa. On August 27, 2012, Laurence Albert, a co-founder of the real estate blog Swamplot, filed a malicious prosecution l ... More >>

Millionaires Clash Over Shadyside Mansion

Despite all the Tenth Commandment strictures to the contrary, coveting the mansion next door has led millionaire executive Tony Petrello to years of depositions and lawsuits.

Father Ronald Bollich: Two More Men Accuse Beaumont Diocese of Negligence in Alleged Abuse

Two more men have joined a lawsuit accusing a deceased Beaumont priest of molestation. Identified as John Does, the two men join another anonymous plaintiff who sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Beaumont and Bishop Curtis Guillory in April over abuse that allegedly occurred in 1976 and 1977. The ... More >>

Pradaxa Lawsuits Consolidated in Beautiful East St. Louis, Illinois

Families suing the maker of anti-clotting drug Pradaxa will have their cases consolidated in an East St. Louis, Illinois, court -- a decision the Texas-based law firm leading the suits is calling a coup. Pradaxa hit the U.S. market in 2010, hailed by manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim as a major le ... More >>

Rate Your Risk, Maybe

Two Men Take Roak to Court, Each Claiming Assaults on Premises of Upper Kirby Lounge

Roak, the former Upper Kirby funeral home turned trendy, South Beach-esque oontz-oontz lounge, was taken to court twice last month. Alleged assaults on the premises figure in both cases. On May 23, attorney J. Michael Moore asked for and was granted a temporary restraining order and a temporary inj ... More >>

Beaumont Diocese Sued Over Priest Who Allegedly Abused Teen in 1976

A Dallas County man is suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Beaumont, and Bishop Curtis Guillory, over sexual abuse the man allegedly suffered by a now-deceased priest in 1976-1977. Filed last week in Jefferson County District Court, the man -- identified as John Doe 104 -- claims that Father Ronald ... More >>

Spindletop Sued for Gross Negligence After Toddler's Foot Is Caught In Rotating Floor

Set at the very top of the Hyatt Regency Houston hotel downtown, Spindletop is a popular destination for date nights and special occasions. The rotating floors in the restaurant spin guests slowly around for impeccable views of the city skyline, making Spindletop a draw since it first opened in 1972 ... More >>

Junie Hoang: Actress' Suit Against IMDb For Revealing Her Age Allowed To Proceed

A federal judge has refused to toss out the suit filed by texas actress Junie Hoang, who anonymously sued Amazon for revealing her true age on its subsidiary movie-info website IMDb. Hoang, 41, a Texas A&M graduate who studied martial arts in Houston, sued the site for taking her age from informati ... More >>

Sex Cures Teen Crime

UT study touts teen relationships

Messy Lawsuit Features Rival Crime Scene Clean-Up Companies

A dirty job​Who knew the crime scene/trauma clean-up business was so, um, cut-throat? If the allegations in a local civil court case are to believed, only rival drug lords conduct their business more ruthlessly. According to plaintiffs John DiGulio and K.P. Management, two area men and their ... More >>

Family Sues to Get Attorney's Fees Back Because Their Lawyers Successfully Bribed the Judge

A friendly handshake​A Texas family that successfully settled a wrongful-death suit for big bucks is suing to get back $5.7 million in attorney's fees and expenses because the lawyers used part of that money to bribe the judge. Whatever it takes, right? Be happy with your winnings, right? App ... More >>

Lawsuit Filed Against Rodeo After Man Dies On Roller Coaster

Photo by Jeff BalkeThe Hi-Miler claimed a life at the rodeo.​The death of 46-year-old Brian Greenhouse, who plummeted from the Hi-Miler roller coaster on closing night of the rodeo last Sunday, is the centerpiece of a lawsuit filed late yesterday in Harris County court. The wrongful death laws ... More >>

More Priest-Abuse Suits, This Time With Chloroform

Man claims he was chloroformed and raped as an altar boy​The Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston is facing more allegations of abuse and fraud related to a Houston priest who died in 2000.In a lawsuit set to be filed today, Guadalupe Gonzales accuses the late Father Lawrence Peguer ... More >>

Notsuoh Hit With Lawsuit For Bizarre 2009 Falling Man Incident

Photo courtesy notsuoh.comNot-sued-oh no longer​Last February Hair Balls reported on a bizarre pre-dawn incident at downtown nightclub/art space Notsuoh in which a highly intoxicated man allegedly fell out of one the upper floors of the building at 316 Main. That man, now identified as Nathan Fis ... More >>

Corpus Christi Diocese Hit With Priest-Abuse Suit

Photo courtesy Diocese of Corpus ChristiBishop Carmody​A Corpus Christi man is suing the Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi for sexual abuse he says he suffered at the hands of a priest who died in 2008.Identified only as "John Doe," the plaintiff says Thomas Meaney began abusing him in 1971, when ... More >>

Getting Schooled

A group of former condo owners say SMU defrauded them of their homes to make way for the new Bush library.

Another Sex-Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against Episcopal Diocese Of Texas

A fourth man has filed a $15 million lawsuit against the Episcopal Diocese of Texas and St. Stephen's Episcopal School for allegedly covering up his sexual abuse at the hands of the school's chaplain.Filed Thursday in a Corpus Christi federal court, the suit is the third to accuse then-headmaster Al ... More >>

Important "Toxic Town" Trial Starts Up Today

Photo by Daniel KramerThe polluters who turned Somerville into the Toxic Town described in an award-winning Houston Press story may have had a good result in the first lawsuit they faced, but a second one -- beginning a week from today in the town of Caldwell in Burleson County -- may be different. ... More >>

Houston Lawsuit Calls Foul On Those "Low-Tar" Cigarettes

Vincent Salazar, a Houston man, is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against Philip Morris and its parent company, Altria Group, in Texas, making the state one of four where similar lawsuits were filed in the last two days. The suits are seeking damages allegedly caused by years of advertising w ... More >>

KBR Sued Again, Featuring Dogs Running Around With Human Arms In Their Mouths

If it's not one thing (such as accusations of sexual harassment) with those crazy cats at Kellogg, Brown & Root, it's another.A lawsuit against the company recently filed in Houston federal court accuses its workers of exposing military and non-military personnel in Iraq to contaminated food, co ... More >>

Fen-Phen Side Effects: Irritable Lawyers

Alleged KBR Rape Victim Sues the U.S.

Vet Says He Was Beaten Up At The VA Hospital

The Sharks Come Out For Sunmart

Flooded-Prison Lawsuit Moved Back to Texas

"Disgruntled" BP Workers Sue

Big Boobs Revisited

Former ambassador Arthur Schechter prevails in his court case, wins more than $3.5 million

Toxic Runoff : Somerville Mayor Tommy Thompson Discusses the Public Health Situation

Lost in Translation

Would-be Hispanic homeowners find out they don't own as much as they thought they did

Padding the School Policies?

A lawsuit accuses HISD insurance consultants of conning the district

Cleared Again

A complaint against a paralegal gets dismissed

Bar Card

The antics of an ex-con raise questions about his paralegal role

Tough Sailing

Unread evidence and claims of shredding send a cruise suit into the shoals

America's New War Against Enron

Lawyers go gunning for corporate terrorists

Pumped Dry

Gas station dealers find big oil blocking the way in their struggles against extinction

Bad Dog

A slip-and-fall case bites James Coney Island in the butt

A Civil Action

Despite the county's outlook, the Oregon police shooting case is still very much alive

Judicial Arts Endowment

Devine converts plaintiffs' lawyers' cash into a courtroom gallery

How to Beat City Hall

Just get the help of some City of Houston attorneys who can show you how to anger a judge, enrage a jury and (maybe) stick the taxpayers with a bill for $148 million

The Insider

The Angelides Affair

A dispute over research fraud has split the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine, and could jeopardize the way universities police scientific misconduct

Maxwell's Demons

If you get crosswise with Larry Maxwell, beprepared to go to court

King Benjamin's Mine

Save the politics for later Boss Hall's going for the gold right now!

Do As I Say, Not As I Sue

HL&P grabs for all the billions it can while it can

It began in the Panhandle with the promise of great riches, only to crash and burn in a Houston courtroom. The wreckage is still smoldering, and the truth is nowhere to be found.

The Toxic Tort Case

It began in the Panhandle with the promise of great riches, only to crash and burn in a Houston courtroom. The wreckage is still smoldering, and the truth is nowhere to be found.

Out of the Soup

Yes, the city's settlement of a lawsuit was a good deal -- for Helen Huey