State of Texas - First District Court Profile

State of Texas - First District Court

Houston, TX 77002

Texas lawyer must face suit that he poached stripper's parents for wrongful death lawsuit

By Daniel Fisher | Wednesday, Jan 12, 2022 @ 6:26am

HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - A Texas law firm lost its fight to dismiss a competitor’s lawsuit over fees from a wrongful death settlement it negotiated after a car accident claimed the life of an 18-year-old exotic dancer whose parents accused her employer of allowing her to drive home while intoxicated.
Repressed memories halt statute of limitations for man's sex abuse lawsuit against Baptist church

By Daniel Fisher | Tuesday, Mar 9, 2021 @ 6:26am

HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - A Texas man who settled an assault lawsuit against a former top official of the Baptist Convention in 2004 can sue the church over alleged sexual abuse that occurred before then despite a five-year statute of limitations in such cases, an appeals court ruled.