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August 28, 2007 |

Former Client Who Settled With BP Sues Lawyer Who Is Now Defending BP

The high-stakes battle over whether Houston lawyer Ronald D. Krist should help defend BP from suits filed over a deadly explosion at the company's Texas refinery took another twist last week when a former client who had hired Krist's firm to sue BP over the explosion filed a professional negligence suit against Krist, the firm and others. Ronald Krist had negotiated settlements for Jose L. Elizondo and three other clients. Elizondo's suit could assist efforts to disqualify Krist from representing BP.
6 minute read
August 27, 2007 |

Former Client Who Settled With BP Sues Krist and His Firm

The high-stakes battle over whether Houston lawyer Ronald D. Krist should help defend BP from suits filed over a deadly explosion at the company's Texas City refinery took another twist on Aug. 20 when a former client who had hired Krist's firm to sue BP over the explosion filed a professional negligence suit against Krist, the firm and others.
6 minute read
June 04, 2007 |

GC Oversees Legal Matters for Air Liquide SA's Eight Operating U.S. Subsidiaries

Pulling two weeks of all nighters to wrap up a deal is just part of Kevin Feeney's job as top lawyer for Houston-based Air Liquide USA, an industrial gas production and distribution company. Air Liquide SA's eight U.S. subsidiaries have 4,200 employees in 300 locations.
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October 12, 2009 |

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Worker injured in ladder incident on dredge gets $1,222,491. Jury finds officers didn't use excessive force against inmate. Doctor who removed patient's only ovary wasn't negligent. Man paralyzed in explosion gets $23 million settlement.
4 minute read
February 19, 2003 |

Texas Court Reverses $43M Judgment Against Automaker

A Houston appeals court has reversed a $43 million judgment against Honda in a products liability suit that alleged a defective seat belt caused the drowning death of a woman who couldn't escape from her car. The court said the woman's family failed to establish that an alternative design would have prevented or significantly reduced the risk of her death without, under other circumstances, causing equal or greater risks.
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January 17, 2005 |

TYLA Project Tries to Educate Prospective Jurors, Dispel Myths

Persons who responded to a summons for jury duty at Travis County's recently remodeled North Conference Center jury room on Jan. 10 served as "guinea pigs" for a public education effort that the Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA) plans to extend statewide.
4 minute read
November 09, 2006 |

BP Explosion Plaintiff's Unsettling Suit Atypical in Mass Tort Litigation

The first trial stemming from a fatal explosion at the BP refinery in Texas City, Texas, kicks off next week, but the verdict in the suit won't set a market rate for settlements, which is what typically happens in mass tort suits. Instead, the trial may help Eva Rowe, whose parents were killed in the explosion, force BP and other energy companies to improve safety practices at refineries. Rowe's attorney, plaintiffs lawyer Brent Coon, says Rowe also wants BP to make public all documents in the litigation.
12 minute read
October 30, 2009 |

Plaintiffs Attorney John M. O'Quinn Remembered as Being 'Bigger Than Life'

News spread fast through the legal community about the death of plaintiffs attorney John M. O'Quinn, named one of the "100 Most Influential Lawyers in America" by The National Law Journal in 1997. Known for winning billions of dollars in verdicts against makers of breast implants and tobacco products, O'Quinn, 68, died Thursday in a car accident. A longtime partner remembered O'Quinn as being much like Houston, "the city that created him," adding that O'Quinn "thought there was nothing he couldn't do."
8 minute read
November 09, 2009 |

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Employer didn't breach contract when it fired manager, jury finds. Sexual harassment, gender discrimination suit settles for $60,000. Bus, car drivers equally responsible for collision, jury says. Jury awards $20,000 to motorcyclist thrown off bike in crash. Jury finds teen liable for fatal crash. Victim of fatal crash veered into truck's lane, jury finds. Electric company pays $948,000 to family of man struck on dark road.
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Texas Judge Throws Out Sensational Claims in Harassment Suit Against Texas Plaintiffs Lawyer
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The claims by a former paralegal against plaintiffs lawyer Richard Laminack were wild, but a Houston state court judge has ruled that there wasn't evidence to sustain them.

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