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“[W]e led the charge against British Petroleum following the 2005 explosion at the BP Texas City Refinery that killed 15 people,” Beaumont attorney Brent Coon declared on a website launched five years later to exploit the subsequent tragedy of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. “Now, we’re preparing to take on the oil giants once again.”
Coon led the charge all right. While it accomplished little for the alleged victims of the spill, it did enrich lawyers posing as crusaders for justice. Now, however, it looks like Coon is about to be hoisted with his own petard.
True to form, Double-Dip Coon participated in the Deepwater Horizon MDL while at the same time retaining the right to sue BP separately on behalf of the thousands of clients he claimed to represent.
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Family Sues Over Houston Rockets Scout s Fatal Crash
Law360 (January 11, 2021, 7:51 PM EST) The widow of a longtime Houston Rockets scout who died in a bicycle accident in October filed suit on Monday alleging a construction company is responsible for his death because it failed to properly cordon off a sidewalk during a repair.
Sheffery Brent BJ Johnson, an avid bicyclist who had worked for Houston s NBA team since 1994, broke his neck and died during an evening bike ride after his front tire hit the unfinished sidewalk where Pulice Construction Inc. was doing work. His widow, Claudette Boyance-Johnson, is seeking more than $1 million in damages in Harris County District Court.
HOUSTON A former Vertex Stone Houston employee claims a large piece of stone fell on her head causing her to be knocked unconscious.
Zitlalit Rodriguez filed a complaint Jan. 7 in Harris County District Court against Vertex Stone Houston LLC alleging negligence.
According to her complaint, Rodriguez was working as an accountant for Vertex Stone Houston. She claims that on June 24, 2019, she was asked to help load a large piece of stone onto a warehouse trailer when the stone fell and hit her in the head.
Rodriguez alleges she was knocked unconscious and suffered a head injury. She claims Vertex Stone Houston s negligence for failing to properly train and supervise its workers and failing to create safety guidelines and a safe work environment.
HOUSTON – While using a Burger King toilet, Ebonie Hatch, a Katy local, claims the lights went out, causing her to fall over a wet floor sign as she was attempting to feel her way out of the restroom.
Seeking damages for her mental anguish and medical expenses, Hatch filed suit against Burger King on Jan. 9 in Harris County District Court.
According to the lawsuit, on Aug. 5 Hatch stopped at a gas station to fill up and use the restroom.
“(Hatch) entered the first stall, sat on the toilet, and immediately all the lights in the restroom turned off, rendering the restroom in complete darkness,” the suit states. “(Hatch) tried to physically feel her way through the restroom to exit, but fell over a wet floor sign and injured her hip before eventually making an exit from the restroom.”
Laura and John Arnold
HOUSTON – The Laura and John Arnold Foundation is suing the men and groups who allegedly conspired with the former president of the foundation, Denis Calabrese, to steal millions of dollars “from LJAF to the detriment of the charitable organizations it serves.”
As previously reported, the foundation filed suit against Calabrese last October, accusing him of receiving millions in kickbacks from contractors LJAF hired while he was in a position of power.
Calabrese declined to defend the lawsuit and was found liable for $8.5 million in actual and exemplary damages, court records show.
On Dec. 30, LJAF filed suit against Pathfinder Communications, James Baker, Raconteur Media and Ryan Gravatt.