Texas Condominium Law
Nguyet M. Hoang v. Mackenzie Meadows, Inc.
<h2><br> McKinney, Texas condominium law lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2>... More...
$0 (09-20-2024 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Baudelaire Tchouala </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with nearly $1M international money laundering scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Houstonian sent to prison for nearly $1M international money laundering scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> "In just a few short month... More...
$0 (06-20-2024 - TX)Marty G. Ringham and Premiere Plus Realty Company v. Craig Bernstein and Varna Bernstein
<center><h2><font color="red"> Dallas, Texas – Real Estate lawyer represented Appellants with a interlocutory appeal denying their special appearances in a lawsuit filed. </center></h2></font></b></i></center><br><br>The live petition states that in about early 2020, Texas resident Craig Bernstein listed a Florida condominium unit he owned (the property) for sale with a Florida real estat... More...
$0 (10-03-2022 - TX)Sterling/Suggs Limited Partnership, Neal E. Suggs, and Nadine R. Suggs v. Canyon Lake Island Property Owners Association
<center><h2><font color="red"> Austin, Texas – Real Estate lawyer represented Plaintiffs on an easement dispute claim. </center></h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In 2012, CLIPOA sued the Suggses regarding an easement dispute, and the long procedural history of this case is well-known to the parties. See Canyon Lake Island Prop. Owners Ass'n v. Sterling/Suggs Ltd. P'ship, No. 03-14-00... More...
$0 (09-25-2022 - TX)5th and West Owner, L.P., and Joshua Needham v. Daryn Wasek and Donald Wasek
<center><h2><font color="red"> Austin, Texas – Real Estate lawyer represented Appellees with a fraud and negligent misrepresentation claim. </center></h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> 5th and West is the developer of a residential condominium building in downtown Austin. In December of 2017, the Waseks signed a contract to purchase a unit in the building, which was then in the early st... More...
$0 (09-22-2022 - TX)The State of Texas v. Megan Leigh Vaughn
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Austin, Texas - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with Appealing From a driving while intoxicated (DWI) charge. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> <br> In the early morning on January 5, 2018, Austin Police Department (APD)<br> officers were conducting a DWI investigation in the residential parking garage of The Bowie <... More...
$0 (05-21-2022 - TX)Anthony Barlow v. Buc-ee's Ltd. d/b/a Buc-ee's, and Buc-ee's
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Houston, Texas - Personal Injury lawyer represented appellant with a slip-and-fall case. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> n August 2016, Barlow visited the Buc-ee's store in New Braunfels, Texas, <br> on his way to a training session for work. Barlow testified that it was drizzling on <br> the day of his visit and the cement outs... More...
$0 (05-14-2022 - TX)Anthony Barlow v. Buc-ee's Ltd. d/b/a Buc-ee's, and Buc-ee's
<center><h2><font color="red"> Houston, TX - Personal Injury Lawyer represented Appellant with a slip-and-fall case. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In August 2016, Barlow visited the Buc-ee's store in New Braunfels, Texas, <br> on his way to a training session for work. Barlow testified that it was drizzling on <br> the day of his visit and the cement outside was visibly wet. As he exited ... More...
$0 (01-17-2022 - TX)United States of America v. Richard Garaz
Houston, Texas embezzlement charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Richard Garza, age 62, from Houston, who was charged with taking more than $4.5 million.<br> <br> Houston Gateway Academy is a charter school located in the Gulfgate area of Houston. While superintendent, Garza awarded a contract to a company whose owner then sent funds back to Garza.<br> <br> As part of his plea, Ga... More...
$0 (04-13-2021 - TX)Michael Mark Martin, Richard Scott Martin, Jeffrey Webb Martin, Individually and on Behalf of Network Operator Services, Inc., a Texas Corporation v. Ron Hutchison, Tony Cason, Tim Martin, and Ronnie Martin
<center><h2><font color="red">Texarkana, Texas - Shareholder dispute attorney represented Ron Hutchison, Tony Cason, Tim Martin, and Ronnie Martin with <i> appealing the dismissal of their individual and derivative claims against Network Operator Services, Inc..</h2></font></b></i></center> <br> <br> NOS is a family-owned, Texas corporation. Its bylaws describe it as a close corporation,<br> and t... More...
$0 (01-05-2021 - TX)Sabrenda T. Littles v. Riverwalk Council of Co-Owners, Inc, et al.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.txcourts.gov/media/124907/tarrant-co-courthouse.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Appellant/cross-appellee, Sabrenda T. Littles, challenges the trial court's rendition of summary judgment in favor of appellees/cross-appellants, Riverwalk Council of Co-Owners, Inc. ("Riverwalk") and JDH Association Management Co. ("JDH") (collectively, "appellees"), in Littl... More...
$0 (07-31-2018 - TX)Ray Castro Zapata v. The State of Texas
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/b63ce7f2b6757584244afb8f0eba17e72e55e138/c=12-0-372-480/local/-/media/2017/05/08/TXGroup/SanAngelo/636298700056681961-DocumentFragment-3761982.jpg?width=534&height=712&fit=crop"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> The circumstances surrounding Sullivan’s death and his purported will resulted in a... More...
$0 (06-27-2019 - TX)Hubert Vaughn Thomas v. The State of Texas <table> <td>
This case is about a shooting at an apartment complex in Terrell, Texas. One day in August of 2016, appellant walked his wife to her car at the complex. After his wife got in her car, appellant walked past a group of men who had been smoking PCP. One of the men, Raymond Lampkin, assaulted appellant in a violent and unprovoked attack. After the assault, appellant returned to his <br><br> –2�... More...
$0 (08-06-2018 - TX)Aaron Lucas v. The State of Texas <table> <td>
On or about December 19, 2009, Aaron Lucas abducted seven-year-old Melinda1 from the <br> playground next to an apartment building in Texarkana where she was visiting relatives. Lucas <br> transported Melinda to a warehouse and sexually assaulted her. Melinda testified that she was <br> frightened, screaming, and banging on the car windows and that she could not open or unlock the <br> car door.... More...
$0 (04-02-2018 - TX)United States of America v. Chukwuma Jonas Osuagwn
Dallas, TX - Dallas Man Convicted of Mortgage Fraud Offenses<br> <br> A federal jury convicted Chukwuma Jonas Osuagwu, 45, of Dallas, on March 15, 2018, following a seven-day jury trial before U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade, of several counts related to a mortgage fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.<br> <br> Specifically, Osuagwu was convicted o... More...
$0 (03-20-2018 - TX)United States of America v. Chukwuma Jonas Osuagwu
Dallas, TX - Dallas Man Convicted of Mortgage Fraud Offenses<br> <br> A federal jury convicted Chukwuma Jonas Osuagwu, 45, of Dallas, following a seven-day jury trial before U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade, of several counts related to a mortgage fraud scheme.<br> <br> Specifically, Osuagwu was convicted of five counts of bank fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. He faces a maxi... More...
$0 (03-17-2018 - TX)Juan Acra, Secner USA, LLC, Secner HR S.A. DE C.V. and North American Secner Holdings, LLC v. Giovanni Bonaudo and Maria Jilma Maldonado
The underlying cause of action in this appeal stems from a business dispute among Juan Acra, Giovanni Bonaudo, and Bonaudo’s wife, Maria Jilma Maldonado. The dispute concerns services Bonaudo provided Acra and the corporate appellants, businesses controlled by Acra. The final judgment awards Giovanni Bonaudo, in relevant part, $403,488.72 in compensatory damages. The judgment is against appellan... More...
$0 (12-08-2017 - TX)Justin Isaih Soliz v. The State of Texas <table> <td>
The aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge against Soliz resulted <br> from an incident in which he and his friend, Tony Webber, visited a convenience <br> store in Houston. As they entered the store, the clerk noticed Webber had a black <br> semiautomatic handgun tucked into his waistband. The clerk told Webber he could <br> not bring a gun into the store. Webber swore and threatened t... More...
$0 (11-20-2017 - TX)Garden Oaks Maintenance Organization v. Peter S. Chang and Katherine M. Chang
This case involves the attempted enforcement of a deed restriction against building more than a single one-car or two-car garage on a property located in the Garden Oaks, Section 3, Subdivision (the “Subdivision”). Appellant Garden Oaks Maintenance Organization (“GOMO”) filed suit against appellees Peter S. Chang and Katherine M. Chang seeking a permanent injunction to have the Changs remo... More...
$0 (11-15-2017 - TX)United States of America v. Marco Antonio Delgado
El Paso, TX - El Paso Attorney Marco Delgado Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison in Connection with a Multi-Million Dollar Fraud/Money Laundering Scheme<br> <br> El Paso attorney Marco Antonio Delgado (aka Marco Delgado Licon), age 51, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison in connection with a multi-million dollar wire fraud and money laundering scheme.<br> <br> United States District ... More...
$0 (09-29-2017 - TX)Stone Haynes, Jr. v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Pleasure Pier Homeowners Association
This is an appeal by Appellant, Stone Haynes Jr. (Haynes or Appellant), from the trial court’s orders granting summary judgments to Appellees, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (Chase), and Pleasure Pier Homeowners Association (HOA) (collectively Appellees). Haynes filed a pro se “Application for Temporary Restraining Order and Original Petition for Declaratory Judgment” (Original Petition) on June... More...
$0 (09-23-2017 - TX)G. T. Leach Builders, L. L. C-Residential, G. T. Leach Construction, L. P. and Gary T. Leach v. Sapphire Condominiums Association, Inc.
Appellants G.T. Leach Builders, L.L.C.—Residential (G.T. Leach Builders), G.T.<br> Leach Construction, L.P., and Gary T. Leach (collectively, G.T. Leach), appeal an order<br> denying their motion to compel arbitration of appellee Sapphire Condominiums<br> Association, Inc.’s lawsuit. We affirm.<br> I. BACKGROUND<br> Sapphire V.P., L.P. (Sapphire V.P.) was a limited partnership in the business ... More...
$0 (08-25-2017 - TX)Lakeside Village Homeowners Association, Inc., Principal Management Group of North Texas, and Principal Management Group, Inc. v. Alfred "Corky" Belanger and Michael Drennan
This appeal arises from two townhome duplex owners, Alfred “Corky” Belanger and Michael Drennan, who brought breach of contract, trespass, negligence, and diversion of water claims against their homeowners association and its management company.<br> FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND<br> Lakeside Village<br> Lakeside Village is a gated townhome community comprised of 498 units by a lake in Rock... More...
$0 (06-17-2017 - TX)United States of America v. Emmanuel Velasco Gurrola
El Paso, TX - El Paso Man Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison in Connection with Murder-For-Hire Plot <br> <br> Emmanuel Velasco Gurrola, age 30, was sentenced to life in federal prison for his role in a murder-for-hire plot.<br> <br> Senior United States District Judge David Briones imposed a life-imprisonment sentence on each count to which Velasco Gurrola pleaded guilty prior to trial: three co... More...
$0 (03-23-2017 - TX)United States of America v. Samuel Velasco Gurrola
El Paso, TX - Samuel Velasco Gurrola Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Murder-For-Hire Plot Involving His Wife, Her Father and Her Sister<br> <br> Sentence comes one day after his brother, Emmanuel Velasco Gurrola, received a life sentence for his role in the plot<br> <br> Samuel Velasco Gurrola was sentenced to life in federal prison for his role in a murder-for-hire plot.<br> <br> On Octob... More...
$0 (03-24-2017 - TX)My Three Sons, LTD., My Three Sons Management, LLC, Prestonwood OB/GYN Associates, P.A., Christopher Riegel, M.D., P.A., and Christopher Riegel v. Midway/Parker Medical Center, L.P., Kinsman Ventures, LLC, Manhattan Construction Company, TD Industries, Inc., Southstar Fire Protection Company, CMA Management Company, and Midway Medical Center Owners Association, Inc.
Christopher Riegel and various entities affiliated with him––My Three Sons, Ltd., My<br> Three Sons Management, LLC, Prestonwood OB/GYN Associates, P.A., Christopher Riegel,<br> M.D., P.A.––appeal the trial court’s dismissal of their lawsuit against appellees for failing to<br> comply with an order compelling arbitration of the dispute. In five issues, appellants complain<br> the trial c... More...
$0 (03-09-2017 - TX)Nemoria Coria v. Christopher Jide Ogidan and Moses Gbolabo
Appellant Nemoria Coria purchased a home from appellees Christopher Jide Ogidan and<br> Moses Gbolabo. She later sued appellees for breach of contract and DTPA violations. The trial<br> court entered a take-nothing judgment in favor of appellees. In four issues, appellant argues the<br> trial court erred by (1) entering a take nothing judgment when the undisputed evidence<br> established appellees... More...
$0 (02-28-2017 - TX)Robert Hynds v. Dale Foster
Appellee Dale Foster sued his business partner, appellant Robert Hynds, for <br> fraud, breach of contract, and other claims arising out of an investment opportunity <br> in an oil and gas field in Alabama. Foster moved for summary judgment on his fraud <br> <br> <br> 2 <br> <br> and breach of contract claims. After the trial court rendered summary judgment in <br> Foster’s favor, ordering r... More...
$0 (02-28-2017 - TX)<b>In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas </b>
The information in this case alleged, in pertinent part, that on or about April 9, 2013, <br> appellant intentionally and knowingly damaged and destroyed his neighbor’s window by striking <br> it with a rock. As stated in his appellant’s brief, appellant’s defense theory at trial was that the <br> allegations against him were fabricated. <br> The complainant lived on the fourteenth floor of... More...
$0 (01-23-2017 - TX)United States of America v. Marco Antonio Delgado a/k/a Marco Delgado Licon
El Paso, TX - Federal Jury Convicts El Paso Attorney Marco Delgado in Connection with a Multi-Million Dollar Fraud / Money Laundering Scheme<br> <br> An El Paso, a federal jury convicted 50-year-old El Paso attorney Marco Antonio Delgado (aka Marco Delgado Licon) in connection with a multi-million dollar wire fraud and money laundering scheme.<br> <br> Jurors found Delgado guilty of three counts o... More...
$0 (09-24-2016 - TX)Tracy Larance Gordon v. The State of Texas
Under the Penal Code, an individual commits burglary “if, without the effective<br> consent of the owner, the person . . . enters a building or habitation and commits or attempts to<br> commit a felony, theft, or an assault.” Tex. Penal Code § 30.02(a)(3). As mentioned above, Gordon<br> does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence showing that he entered a structure without the<br> ef... More...
$0 (07-11-2016 - TX)Robert Wayne Fry v. The State of Texas
Fry does not contest that he entered a building without the effective consent of the owner, <br> Jamie Dippold, or his motive for that entry; he only contests whether that building fits the <br> definition of a habitation. Dippold testified that about two years before the January 2, 2015, <br> incident at issue, she and her husband bought the farmhouse in question, which is situated on <br> prope... More...
$0 (06-27-2016 - TX)Twin Creeks Golf Group, L.P. v. Sunset Ridge Owners Association, Inc.
In the underlying proceeding, Sunset Ridge sued two other entities, Twin Creeks<br> Property, Ltd., and Twin Creeks Operating Co., L.P., and asserted claims based on a “monopoly in<br> violation of the Texas Anti-Trust Act and Sherman Anti-Trust Act” and for declaratory judgment<br> to construe an amended restrictive covenant and declare it invalid based on a provision of the Texas<br> Uniform... More...
$0 (01-26-2016 - TX)Christine E. Reule v. M & T Mortgage, M & T Bank Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, Bayview Financial Trading Group, LP, Bayview Financial LP and Hughs, Watters, Askanase, LLP
Appellant Christine E. Reule appeals from a take nothing judgment in favor<br> of appellees M&T Mortgage, M&T Bank, Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC,<br> Bayview Financial Trading Group, LP, Bayview Financial, LP, and Hughes,<br> Watters & Askanase, LLP (collectively, Mortgagees/Representatives), as well as<br> 2<br> appellees Carolyn Taylor, Audrey Lewis, Jeff Leva, Sandy Dasigenis (collectively,<br> ... More...
$0 (10-29-2015 - TX)In the Interest of: R.R. and J.V., children
Rogelio Villa a/k/a Jose Lopez (Father) appeals the trial court’s order in this suit affecting<br> the parent-child relationship. In two issues, Father contends the trial court abused its discretion<br> by naming the children’s mother, Bertha Ramirez, sole managing conservator of the children and<br> by finding he was voluntarily underemployed and basing his child support obligation on a<br> f... More...
$0 (10-06-2015 - TX)Sandeep Nanda v. Corey Huinker
Appellant Sandeep Nanda filed a breach of contract action against appellee Corey Huinker in relation to Nanda’s purported agreement to purchase real property from<br> 1 Pursuant to a docket-equalization order issued by the Supreme Court of Texas, this appeal has been transferred to this Court from the Third Court of Appeals in Austin, Texas. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 73.001 (West, Westlaw thro... More...
$0 (10-14-2015 - TX)Sandeep Nanda v. Corey Huinker
Appellant Sandeep Nanda filed a breach of contract action against appellee Corey Huinker in relation to Nanda’s purported agreement to purchase real property from<br> 1 Pursuant to a docket-equalization order issued by the Supreme Court of Texas, this appeal has been transferred to this Court from the Third Court of Appeals in Austin, Texas. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 73.001 (West, Westlaw thro... More...
$0 (09-25-2015 - TX)Joseph Pressil v. Jason A. Gibson, Jason A. Gibson, P.C. d/b/a The Gibson Law Firm, Clifford D. Peel, II, and Andrew C. Smith’s
In this legal malpractice case, appellant Joseph Pressil sued appellees Jason<br> A. Gibson, Clifford D. Peel, II, Andrew C. Smith, and Jason A. Gibson, P.C. d/b/a<br> The Gibson Law Firm (collectively, the “Gibson Parties”) for negligence, gross<br> negligence, and breach of fiduciary duty arising from the Gibson Parties’<br> representation of Pressil in a lawsuit. The trial court granted t... More...
$0 (09-10-2015 - TX)Mike Birnbaum v. Gena J. Atwell
Mike and Beverly Birnbaum purchased a penthouse condominium unit in San Antonio in 2007. They had it remodeled and moved in two years later. Soon after they moved in, a rainstorm occurred and they discovered numerous water leaks throughout the unit.<br> The Birnbaums brought suit against the seller, Gena Atwell, Atwell’s realtor, Phyllis Browning, Browning’s company, and their own realtor, Mim... More...
$0 (08-20-2015 - TX)Lee Ann Wheelbarger v. The Landing of Counsel of Co-Owners
After Hurricane Ike caused significant damage to their homes, a group of condominium owners sued their condominium association and members of its board. The plaintiff owners argued that by failing to repair hurricane damage to the condominium complex and by demolishing it, the association acted negligently, breached the association’s declarations and bylaws, and violated the Texas Property Code.... More...
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