Texas A&M donors’ lawsuit against 12th Man Foundation over Kyle Field seats and parking to proceed

By kchatham | June 25, 2025

By David Barron, Correspondent A Brazos County state district judge has cleared the way for a long-delayed trial showdown between a group of disillusioned Texas A&M donors and the A&M-affiliated 12th Man Foundation, stemming from a decade-old dispute over seating and parking rights at Kyle Field. State District Judge George Jerrell Wise on Wednesday signed an order denying a summary…

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Lawsuit Against Texas A&M Aggies 12th Man Foundation Moves Forward

By kchatham | June 25, 2025

A legal showdown between former Texas A&M donors and the 12th Man Foundation will proceed at last. A Brazos County judge has ruled that a lawsuit between former Texas A&M Aggies donors and the 12th Man Foundation will move forward, David Barron of the Houston Chronicle reports. On Wednesday, State District Judge George Jerrell Wise…

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BCA ATTORNEY ROBERT A. SCHWARTZ HONORED BY TEXAS BAR FOUNDATION

By kchatham | April 16, 2025

12:00PM CST – Wednesday April 11, 2024 – Mr. Robert A. Schwartz with Brent Coon & Associates 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…

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TEXAS LAWYER – Judge Spends 3 Hours Explaining His Decision

By kchatham | January 22, 2025

TEXAS LAWYER – January 17, 2025 – By Adolfo Pesquera A judge sympathetic to the hundreds of victims of the massive Port Neches refinery explosion was not able to convince the defendant corporation to pay $292 A proposed plea agreement between federal prosecutors and TPC Group that involved negotiations that excluded the crime victims, fell…

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UPDATE ON TPC LITIGATION – TPC Withdraws from Plea Agreement

By kchatham | January 11, 2025

Beaumont — TPC has withdrawn from its plea agreement with the government during a federal sentencing hearing for the 2019 plant explosion and fire in Port Neches, based on the judge’s decision to increase restitution, and TPC is now prepared to go to trial. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Truncale held the hearing Friday at…

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‘That is not justice’ | TPC tries to close the book on Port Neches explosion while BCA claims victims haven’t been paid their dues

By kchatham | October 31, 2024

TPC representatives, lawyers from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and lawyers representing victims watched on, as one such victim shared an emotional testimony. PORT NECHES, Texas — Day two of sentencing: Day two of the sentencing hearing for TPC was cut short after lunch today after Judge Michael Truncale had to leave do to a family…

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Family suing CenterPoint after explosion at home caused major injuries

By kchatham | October 9, 2024

LA PORTE, Texas (KTRK) — When a pipeline explosion shot flames hundreds of feet into the sky in La Porte earlier this week, Patricia Harkins told ABC13 she “had such a bad anxiety attack” that she vomited. Harkins said the incident brought back traumatic memories from the La Porte home explosion she and her daughter narrowly…

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