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Monahan Elementary fifth-graders get the IDEA
Release Date: 29-Oct-09 Author or Contact: Mark Kressenberg Category: Recent News
Two attorneys from the Houston Bar Association (HBA) and two Houston area doctors teamed up to educate Monahan Elementary fifth-graders about the medical and legal consequences of drug and alcohol use through the Interprofessional Drug Education Alliance (IDEA) program.
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Houston Attorney John M. Kressenberg Honored by Texas Bar Foundation
Release Date: 21-May-09 Author or Contact: J. Mark Kressenberg Category: Recent News
John M. Kressenberg has been elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation. Fellows of the Foundation are selected for their outstanding professional achievements and their demonstrated commitment to the improvement of the justice system throughout the state of Texas. Election is a mark of distinction and recognition of Mr. Kressenberg's contributions to the legal profession.
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Houston Bar Association recognizes Lara M. Price
Release Date: 18-May-09 Author or Contact: Lara Price Category: Recent News
Lara M. Price received the President's Award for Outstanding Service as 2008-2009 Co-Chair of the Houston Bar Association's Lawyers for Literacy Committee.
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FIRM CLIENT W. W. WEBBER OWES NOTHING IN ROBERTSON COUNTY VERDICT
Release Date: 25-Feb-09 Author or Contact: James L. Ware or Tony J. Wilson Category: Recent News
Attorneys from Sheehy, Ware & Pappas, P.C. successfully defended W. W. Webber in the recent trial of a multi-vehicle truck/auto collision case in Robertson County. On September 15, 2006, on TxDot�s Highway 6 widening project in Brazos County, two pickup trucks had stopped behind a dump truck that was waiting for traffic to clear before making a legal, left turn off Highway 6 into a construction right of way. A second dump truck pulling a pup ...
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Computer Manufacturer Found Not Liable
Release Date: 2-Sep-08 Author or Contact: Joe Garnett Category: Recent News Subcategory: Products Liability
Computer Manufacturer Found Not Liable In Products Liability Lawsuit It took 20 minutes for a Rusk County jury to decide that the firm's client, a major computer manufacturer, was not liable for severe fire damage to a house allegedly casued by a defective computer monitor. Sheehy, Serpe & Ware, P.C. attorneys Joseph A. Garnett and William H. Whitaker represented the computer manufacturer at trial. The firm's client was sued ...
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Joseph A. Garnett Inducted into the Litigation Counsel of America
Release Date: 7-May-08 Author or Contact: Joe Garnett Category: Joseph A. Garnett
JOSEPH A. GARNETT INDUCTED INTO THE LITIGATION COUNSEL OF AMERICA Miami, FL- On May 1, 2008, Houston attorney Joseph A. Garnett was inducted into the Litigation Counsel of America ("LCA") at the LCA�s Spring Conference and Induction of Fellows in Miami. Mr. Garnett is a shareholder with the law firm of Sheehy, Serpe & Ware, P.C. which has offices in Houston and Galveston, Texas. He specializes in the trial of cases involving ...
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Sheehy, Serpe & Ware Secures Appellate Victory in a Retained Medical Instrument Case
Release Date: 24-Jan-08 Author or Contact: Randall Jones Category: Recent News
Sheehy, Serpe & Ware successfully represented a Houston Area medical center in a retained medical instrument case before the First District Court of Appeals in Houston, Texas. The case arose out of tubal ligation surgery performed in December 1995. Plaintiff claimed that the hospital was negligent because a surgical sponge was retained in her after the surgery was completed. For ten years after the surgery, she suffered chronic abdominal ...
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EMPLOYER ALERT -- OSHA Publishes Employer-Paid PPE Rule
Release Date: 4-Dec-07 Author or Contact: Steve Grubbs Category: What's New?
In a new rule that became effective November 15, 2007, OSHA now requires that all personal protective equipment (PPE) will be provided at no cost to all employees. The final rule contains a few exceptions for ordinary steel-toed footwear, prescription safety eyewear, logging boots, and ordinary clothing and weather-related gear. The rule gives employers six months to become compliant with the new rule before it will be enforced by the Department ...
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Sheehy, Serpe & Ware Recovers Over $1 Million for Houston Based Engineering and Construction Company
Release Date: 26-Nov-07 Author or Contact: Ray Neuer Category: Breach of Contract
Sheehy, Serpe & Ware successfully represented a Houston based oil and gas engineering and construction company in a suit to recover over $1 million in a breach of contract action. The case arose out of undersea pipeline inspection services performed by the engineering company in the Gulf of Mexico under contracts with a Mexican company. When the Mexican company failed to pay a significant portion of the invoices for the work, arbitration ...
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Demolition Contractor Found Not Liable in Wrongful Death and Employers' Liability Lawsuit
Release Date: 6-Feb-07 Author or Contact: Steven Grubbs Category: Recent News Subcategory: Wrongful Death and Employers' Liability
A Travis County jury deliberated for only three hours before finding that a Houston-based demolition contractor was not liable for the wrongful death of an employee
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Cemetery Premises Found to be Safe by Houston Jury
Release Date: 29-Nov-06 Author or Contact: Steve Grubbs Category: Recent News Subcategory: Premises Liability
A Harris County jury deliberated less than one hour before finding a Houston area cemetery was not liable for negligence after a 72 year-old woman allegedly stepped into a hole on the premises. The woman had been visiting the Houston cemetery on Christmas day in 2003 to visit the gravesite of her daughter. As she walked to the gravesite, she testified her leg sank into the ground 18 to 20 inches deep, up to her right kneecap. She claimed when ...
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Sheehy, Serpe & Ware, P.C., Attorney Speaks at Texas Funeral Directors Association Leadership Conference
Release Date: 17-Oct-06 Author or Contact: Steve Grubbs Category: Recent News
Sheehy, Serpe & Ware, P.C., lawyer Steve Grubbs spoke recently at the 2006 Texas Funeral Directors Association Leadership Conference held August 8-9 in Austin, Texas. Mr. Grubbs' lecture covered liability issues facing Texas funeral directors, licensed embalmers and funeral directing firms. He also discussed lawsuit avoidance strategies, employment law issues and recent case law affecting funeral directors and embalmers. The TFDA's new ...
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Galveston/Houston Lawyer to Moderate ABA Teleconference
Release Date: 26-Sep-06 Author or Contact: James Ware Category: Tort Litigation and reform
Personal injury claims relating to asbestos have cost billions of dollars over the last 40 years and still threaten to choke state and federal court systems decades after problems were first identified. Possible solutions to this issue will be discussed on September 20 during "Sidestepping the Asbestos Abyss," a teleconference conducted by the American Bar Association. James L. Ware of Sheehy, Serpe & Ware, P.C. will be one of the lead ...
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State Bar of Texas Live Webcast
Release Date: 11-Sep-06 Author or Contact: James Ware Category: Tort Litigation and reform
How has Chapter 90 changed medical reporting regulations? Is the multidistrict litigation proceedings a savior, or a sinkhole? Do fewer cases always mean lower revenue? These questions and more will be discussed by a lineup of legal experts on Wednesday, Sept. 13 in a Webcast produced by the State Bar of Texas: "Toxic Tort Litigation and the Effects of Tort Reform." James L. Ware of Sheehy, Serpe & Ware, P.C. will be one of four lead ...
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Restaurant Not Dangerous
Release Date: 6-Jul-06 Author or Contact: Ed Perkins Category: Premises Liability
Harris County jury finds that restaurant does not have a dangerous condition on its premises.
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Sheehy, Serpe & Ware Successfully Defends Bariatric Surgeon in Medical Malpractice Case
Release Date: 6-Jul-06 Author or Contact: Ann Watson Category: Medical Malpractice
Houston, Texas (PRWeb) May 22, 2006 -- A Harris County jury found no liability for a local bariatric surgeon's decision not to remove a gastric bypass patient's gallbladder during surgery, even though the surgeon knew the patient had a gallstone. The patient alleged that she suffered extended post-operative nausea, vomiting, and pain because of the surgeon's decision. After a ten-day trial, the jury deliberated less than two hours before ...
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Noncompete Agreement Held Unenforceable
Release Date: 1-Jun-06 Author or Contact: Steven Grubbs Category: Recent News Subcategory: Employment Law
Noncompete Agreement Held Unenforceable in Lawsuit Against Pasadena, Texas Construction Foreman A Pasadena, Texas construction foreman successfully argues that a noncompete agreement is unenforceable, and then obtains a dismissal of the entire suit. Houston, Texas (PRWeb) January 16, 2006 - A ...
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Sheehy Serpe & Ware, P.C. Offers Continuing Education Seminars to Insurance Adjusters Licensed in Texas
Release Date: 17-May-06 Author or Contact: Ken Brosch Category: Continuing Education Subcategory: Texas Insurance Adjusters
In an effort to continue providing the highest quality legal services to its clients, Sheehy, Serpe & Ware, P.C. now offers the ability to sign up for free, live continuing education seminars taught by its attorneys. The Texas Department of Insurance has approved the Firm's seminars for two hours of ethics/consumer protection instruction for the Texas insurance adjuster. On the other hand, if you have a particular topic in mind, ...
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JCAHO Sentinel Event Alert On Medication Errors � Recommendations and Risk Reduction Strategies
Release Date: 31-Jan-06 Author or Contact: Chris DeMeo Category: JCAHO Subcategory: Medication Errors
Medication errors are a constant challenge for health care providers in maintaining quality of care and risk management. The Joint Commission for Accreditation of Health care Organizations recently issued a Sentinel Event Alert on the importance of medication reconciliation at transition of care as a way to limit medication errors
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