One of the workers who was injured in a scaffolding collapse this week at the Port Arthur LNG facility, along with surviving relatives of two of the workers who died, are seeking more than $1 million in a lawsuit filed in Harris County.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/05/02/520479/victims-in-deadly-port-arthur-lng-scaffolding-collapse-file-lawsuit-against-companies/

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Victims in deadly Port Arthur LNG scaffolding collapse file lawsuit against companies

Three workers died and two others were seriously injured in the scaffolding collapse early Tuesday in Jefferson County. One of the injured workers, and surviving relatives of two of the men who died, are seeking more than $1 million in damages in a lawsuit filed in Harris County.

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The family of a hostage killed in Houston during a botched rescue in 2018 will receive more than $2 million in compensation after a judge ruled an FBI agent was "grossly negligent" in the man’s death. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/03/10/515666/family-awarded-2-4-million-for-fbi-agents-negligence-in-2018-hostage-response/

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Family of hostage killed in Houston in 2018 awarded $2.4 million for FBI agent’s negligence

On Jan. 25, 2018, law enforcement raided a Houston residence after 47-year-old Ulises Valladares was kidnapped for ransom by men claiming to be part of a Mexican cartel. During the raid, Valladares was fatally shot by authorities.

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The parents of a Houston teenager who was struck and killed by a train while walking to school Monday morning have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Union Pacific Railroad and an unnamed train operator.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2024/12/11/508499/parents-of-milby-hs-student-killed-by-train-file-wrongful-death-lawsuit-against-union-pacific/

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Parents of Milby HS student killed by train file wrongful death lawsuit against Union Pacific

Sergio Rodriguez's parents accuse the rail company as well as the person who operated the train of negligence and are seeking more than $1 million in damages.

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Disney Uses Streaming Terms To Block Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Florida Resort

Disney argued that the terms of the free 30-day trial of Disney+ in 2019 extend to "all disputes" with Disney and its affiliates.

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The first civil trial in the ongoing Astroworld Festival litigation, scheduled to start this week, is on hold after Apple filed an appeal in a continued attempt to be dismissed from the hundreds of lawsuits that were filed after the 2021 tragedy.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2024/05/06/486722/astroworld-festival-trial-on-hold-as-apple-appeals-in-attempt-to-be-dismissed-from-lawsuits/

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Astroworld Festival trial on hold as Apple appeals in attempt to be dismissed from lawsuits

Apple's appeal last week to the Texas First Court of Appeals, over whether the company should remain as a defendant in hundreds of civil lawsuits filed in the wake of the deadly 2021 concert in Houston, has delayed the start of the first trial. It had been set to start this week.

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The husband and two sons of Dr. Talat Jehan Khan, the Houston-area pediatrician who was stabbed to death at her apartment complex last fall, is seeking more than $1 million in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the property management company.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2024/03/12/480373/family-of-slain-houston-area-doctor-files-wrongful-death-lawsuit-against-apartment-complex/

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Family of slain Houston-area doctor files wrongful death lawsuit against apartment complex

Dr. Talat Jehan Khan, a pediatrician for Texas Children's Hospital, was stabbed to death Oct. 28 in an outdoor common area at Alys Luxury Living in Conroe. The man accused of killing her is jailed and faces a murder charge.

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Settlement Awards $3M to Family of Man who Died in Custody

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- The family of a Black man who yelled that he couldn't breathe before he died in a North Carolina jail in 2019 has reached a $3

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