BP Investors Win Bid to Form Class in Oil Spill Lawsuit
Some BP investors can form a class to sue the company over allegations it misled shareholders on how much oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, a federal judge ruled.
Investors Allege BP Overstated Safety Records
Attorneys for BP investors told a federal judge that the British oil company misled the market for years on how safe its deep-water drilling operations were in the lead-up to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Medical giants seal rift over money
Texas Heart Institute drops its suit; Catholic Healthy ups deal
The Texas Heart Institute will partner with the Catholic hospital chain that bought the St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System, ending a contractual dispute tied up in a Harris County district court since May.
Pre-K group sues to get on ballot
Opposition from county judge spurs nonprofit to head to court
Harris County Judge Ed Emmett said he would not place a 1-cent property tax on the November ballot intended to buoy area preschools, prompting a lawsuit by a local nonprofit that supplied tens of thousands of signatures on a petition asking him to do so.
Sale of St. Luke’s Faces Obstacle
The Texas Heart Institute, the St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System’s most valuate asset, is asking a Harris County court to declare it a free agent, a potentially huge wrinkle in the pending sale of the system to Catholic Health Initiatives.
BP Sued by Vantage for $265 Million Jump in Costs
Vantage Drilling Co. sued a BP Plc unit over what it claims was a $265.5 million increase in financing costs stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Texas Gas violated safety rules in fatal gas leak, report says
The Texas Gas Service violated safety rules in handling a gas leak reported in November at a North Austin house where a gas explosion killed a man in January, according to a report released by the Texas Railroad Commission.
Chrysler Sued Over Accident That Killed Parents, Injured Kids
Administrators of the estates of Joshua Bryant Berry and Robin Perlo Berry, who were killed in an accident in West Texas on July 2, 2011, and the guardian of the Houston’s couple’s three children have filed a strict liability, negligence and breach of warranty suit against Chrysler Group LLC and Chrysler Canada Inc.
Chrysler sued in Berry family wreck
Relatives of a Houston couple killed in a collision that also paralyzed two of their children filed a federal lawsuit against Chrysler, the maker of the family’s minivan, and the other driver involved in the collision.
Family of car crash orphans sue Chrysler for safety flaws: Allege design faults made Berry kids’ accident worse
The accident in July 2011 was horrific — an SUV veered into the lane of the Berry family minivan near Fort Stockton, resulting in a front-end collision at highway speeds. The crash claimed the lives of Houstonians Robin and Josh Berry and seriously injured their three children, Peter, Aaron and Willa with Peter and Aaron being paralyzed.