Arnold & Itkin LLP in the Media

• Although Oil Spill is Slowed, Economic Damages are Still Being Calculated, Says Texas Attorney
  23 Jul 2010
• Arnold & Itkin reaches a settlement valued over $9,000,000 for Louisiana landowners.
  06 Jul 2010
• Allegations Indicate BP Cut Corners on Safety Aboard Oil Rig, Houston Attorneys Say
  25 Jun 2010
• Jones Act Suit on Behalf of Two Environmental Technicians Filed
  18 Jun 2010
• Pappas Sues BP, Other Companies Over Economic Damage To Seafood Business From Oil Spill
  16 Jun 2010
• $4.4 million settlement for Louisiana family who had oil contamination on their land
  14 Jun 2010

March 27, 2010 - Houston Law Firm of Arnold & Itkin LLP Counts Five Attorneys Among 2010 Texas 'Rising Stars' List

Kurt Arnold, Jason Itkin, Lisa Sechelski, Cory Itkin and Michael Pierce—all attorneys with the Houston law firm of Arnold & Itkin LLP —have been named by Texas Super Lawyers magazine as Rising Stars in Texas for 2010.

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November 11, 2009 - Arnold & Itkin LLP announces lawsuits over defective pain pumps

The Houston trial law firm Arnold & Itkin LLP has filed five lawsuits against the makers of defective pain pumps and related medications based on claims that many of the company’s defective medical devices are causing irreversible shoulder damage among patients. Currently, medical injury attorneys at Arnold & Itkin LLP represent 28 people who received pain pumps to manage pain following shoulder surgery. The pumps utilize a catheter to deliver continuous doses of medication directly into the shoulder. According to the lawsuits, pain pump manufacturers were denied approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to use the pumps to mitigate pain in shoulder joints, but the companies continued to promote their use in that way. Many former pain pump users say the companies were negligent in designing, researching and selling pain pumps that they should have known were dangerous. The legal filings include claims of fraud, breach of warranty and products liability against the defendant manufacturers.

October 16, 2009 - National publication highlights Arnold & Itkin's Hurricane Ike work

When covering the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Ike The National Law Journal turned to Houston trial lawyer Kurt Arnold to discuss the growing number of lawsuits over denied and underpaid insurance claims related to the storm. In the story published Sept. 25, 2009, "Hundreds of Hurricane Ike-related suits remain pending against insurers," Mr. Arnold details some of the experiences his clients are having when dealing with insurance companies. "I have some claims that had $150,000 in damages, and [the adjuster] wrote up $2,000," Arnold says in the article. Arnold & Itkin represents hundreds of Hurricane Ike victims whose insurance claims have been delayed or denied.

November 5, 2007 - Arnold & Itkin LLP attorney Jason Itkin represents victims in wrongful death trial against Union Pacific Railroad

(Excerpts summarized from the Southeast Texas Record, a legal journal based in Beaumont, Texas)

Jurors will have to decide whether Patsy Ardoin negligently failed to stay stopped at a railroad crossing or if it was Union Pacific's inadequate safety precautions that caused Ardoin's vehicle to be struck by a train. Ardoin was killed in the train collision, while Ardoin's 4-year-old daughter Jazmine Cezar, a passenger in the vehicle, was thrown from the truck. Jazmine Cezar survived the accident, but spent almost six months in various hospitals and will be confined to a wheelchair the rest of her life.

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Houston Chronicle - Chron.com: Jury awards verdict for Plaintiffs in train wreck lawsuit

November 10, 2007 - A Texas jury rendered a verdict for  the family of a woman killed when her truck was hit by a train at a Louisiana railroad crossing. The family was represented by Arnold & Itkin LLP attorneys, Kurt Arnold, Jason Itkin and Jeff Seely. The money from the civil lawsuit filed in district court in Jefferson County will help the family care for the woman's young daughter, who was paralyzed from the chest down in the crash.

BeaumontEnterprise.com: Jury awards damages to survivor in train wreck lawsuit

November 10, 2007 - A Jefferson County jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the death of a 36-year-old Vinton woman who was killed when her pickup was struck by a Union Pacific train in 2005. Her 4-year-old daughter, Jasmine Cezar, was paralyzed in the collision.

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Lawyers Weekly USA:   Businessman wins damages for shady lumber deal

An article written by Justin Rebello for Lawyers Weekly USA covers an Arnold & Itkin LLP case in which "a Honolulu jury awarded damages to a Houston businessman who claimed he was secretly cut out of a deal to purchase one of Hawaii's largest lumber suppliers."

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Dallas Morning News:   Goalie suing mask maker

April 17, 2006 - The Dallas Morning News published this story by Michael Grabell about Dallas dentist Dr. Michael Eeds who was severely injured when his hockey masked failed to protect him from a flying hockey puck. Dr. Eeds filed suit against the mask maker to hold them accountable to ensure that more people were not injured by this defective product and to financially compensate him for his injuries. In May 2006, Arnold & Itkin LLP reached a confidential settlement with the defendant on his behalf. Additionally, the product was recalled in the United States.

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