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Union Pacific faces wrongful death suit after high school student killed

By John O'Brien |
HOUSTON - Union Pacific Railroad is blamed for the crash that killed a 15-year-old in southeast Houston.

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Murder over golf cart leads to wrongful death lawsuit against Asian supermarket chain

By John O'Brien |
HOUSTON - A supermarket chain is blamed for the murder of an employee who caught thieves trying to steal a golf cart.

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5 new cases to know: Domino's accused of delivering nine stab wounds, plus more

By John O'Brien |
A knife-wielding pizza man and the remains of two auto-accident victims are among the subjects in five new cases of interest in Southeast Texas.

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AG Paxton sues 3M, DuPont over PFAS for false advertising

By John O'Brien |
AUSTIN - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has hired private lawyers to push a new lawsuit against the makers of products that contain chemicals known as PFAS.

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5 new cases to know: Unwelcome nudes, discrimination alleged in Houston schools and more

By John O'Brien |
Discrimination lawsuits from a homosexual teacher and a Black zoo-worker, plus a hotel guest allegedly disturbed by nude photos sent by its manager, are among five new cases of interest in Southeast Texas.

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5 new cases to know: Teacher sleeps with student and a fatal pastry

By John O'Brien |
A lawsuit against the United Independent School District has followed criminal charges against a teacher who allegedly had sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old boy more than a dozen times. This is among five new cases of interest in Southeast Texas.

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5 new cases to know: $50M Wrongful death suit over last month's helicopter crash, plus more

By John O'Brien |
A wrongful death lawsuit over the recent fatal helicopter crash in Houston is among five new lawsuits of note in Southeast Texas.

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5 new cases to know: Death on a golf cart, rhythm and bruise and more

By John O'Brien |
HOUSTON - An R&B concert turns into a brawl, a gatekeeper pulls her gun and two wrongful death cases are among new lawsuits filed in Southeast Texas.

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5 new cases to know: Uber driver followed and shot, plus more

By John O'Brien |
HOUSTON - A nightmare passenger for an Uber driver, a law firm's seven-figure fight and a Houston pharmacy taking on the DEA are among new lawsuits of note in Southeast Texas.

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Broken chairs, hidden cameras and SpaceX dirty water: 5 new cases to know

By John O'Brien |
HOUSTON - Environmental advocates take on SpaceX's Boca Chica launch site and another woman comes forward with sexual assault allegations against a Spring physical therapist are among the stories from five recently filed cases in Southeast Texas.

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5 new cases to know: Is this joke from a Starbucks barista racist?

By John O'Brien |
Recently filed cases in Southeast Texas include a possibly racist note left on the Starbucks order of a Black man, plus the murder of a British man in a Houston Airbnb.

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Dallas-based S2 Capital and CEO Scott Everett file defamation lawsuit against alleged fraudster Jakub Kostecki

By Southeast Texas Record |
Dallas-based real estate investment firm S2 Capital has taken legal action against an individual the company claims defamed the firm and its founder and CEO Scott Everett.

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J&J opting to put $6.5B settlement offer to claimant vote could end long-running talc products litigation

By Nicholas Malfitano |
HOUSTON – Johnson & Johnson’s recent decision to put a $6.5 billion settlement offer to a vote by claimants in its long-running litigation over ovarian cancer injuries resulting from use of its talc-based products, may see the case end and a quicker financial recovery for plaintiffs.

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Paxton secures injunction against Biden private firearms sales ban, sues Labor Dept. over new union rule

By Chris Dickerson |
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured an injunction to stop a new federal rule that unlawfully sought to curtail Americans’ constitutional right to privately buy and sell firearms.

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Paxton helps lead $700M settlement with J&J regarding talc products

By Chris Dickerson |
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton helped lead a bipartisan coalition of 43 attorneys general that reached a $700 million nationwide settlement to resolve allegations related to the marketing of Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder and body powder products that contained talc.

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Suit claims H-E-B employee pushed train of carts into shopper

By Record staff reports |
HOUSTON - A lawsuit seeking between $250,000 and $1 million in damages is alleging an H-E-B employee pushed a train of carts into a shopper.

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Man sues claiming he was injured during massage

By Record staff reports |
HOUSTON - A man has filed a suit claiming his Father’s Day gift of massage ended up causing him a shoulder injury.

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Folded carpet results in trip & fall lawsuit against Sellers Bros.

By Record staff reports |
HOUSTON - A trip and fall lawsuit seeking up to $1 million in damages has been brought against Sellers Bros.