A Notice of Status Conference was filed by the Plaintiffs in the Fun 5’s lawsuit against GTECH which is pending in Travis County, Texas. The status conference, scheduled for February 18, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., is designed to discuss with the court the status of the case and to obtain a trial date from the court.
A Texas lottery player’s online petition asking Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, and House Speaker Joe Strauss to restore honesty and fairness to the Texas Lottery is continuing to gain momentum. The petition has now gained 513 signatures. The petition calls for the state officials to shake up the top management at the Texas […]
A hearing will be held on GTECH’s Amended Plea to the Jurisdiction in the Fun 5’s scratch-off ticket lawsuit pending in Travis County, Texas. The Notice of Hearing on GTECH’s Amended Plea to the Jurisdiction set the date for the hearing as February 18, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. Travis County has a rotating docket which means the […]
Plaintiff, Dawn Nettles, has filed her Plaintiff’s Notice of Appeal in her Fun 5’s lawsuit against the Texas Lottery Commission and GTECH Corporation. The notice declares that she is appealing two orders of the 16oth Judicial District Court in Dallas. The first Order granted sovereign immunity to the Texas Lottery Commission. The second Order granted “derivative” sovereign immunity […]
Many of our friends and clients who have a family history of cancer are interested in knowing whether there is anything they can do to avoid the disease. Here is a video we ran across that talks about the medical theory that we all have cancer cells but our diets can prevent most from ever […]
I have had the privilege of representing injury victims for the past 30 plus years. During that time a number of my clients have had limb amputations and have suffered from phantom limb pain. This video explains the various causes of the syndrome and an amazing new treatment that makes use of a simple mirror. […]
We have had the honor in the past of representing a number of welders who suffer from Parkinson’s-like symptoms from their exposure to welding rod fumes. We also have several friends who are suffering from depression and others who are experiencing early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease. We want to share with them and all our friends and […]
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Judge Jim Jordan, trial judge of the 160th Judicial District Court in Dallas County, Texas, ruled yesterday that GTECH Corporation enjoys “derivative immunity” and cannot be sued even if it commits fraud. The lawsuit styled Nettles v. GTECH Corporation and the Texas Lottery Commission was filed by consumer advocate Dawn Nettles. Ms. Nettles, is the […]
A hearing was held on GTECH Corporation’s First Amended Plea to the Jurisdiction on Friday, December 4th in a lawsuit styled “Nettles v. GTECH”. The lawsuit is pending in the 160th Judicial District Court in Dallas County, Texas. The plaintiff in that lawsuit is one of approximately 1,000 lottery players who have sued GTECH, the operator of […]