Judge Robert Pitman

Plea agreement brings closure to Blue Bell’s last case involving the 2015 listeriosis outbreak

For 890 days while the government prosecuted retired Blue Bell executive Paul Kruse, that European river cruise or summer in Tuscany wasn’t an option. This week, his U.S.

By Dan Flynn

/ 30 Mar 2023

Plea agreement brings closure to Blue Bell’s last case involving the 2015 listeriosis outbreak

Austin judge issues Final Docket Call for second criminal trial of retired Blue Bell exec

The Final Docket Call for the second criminal trial of Paul Kruse, the retired Blue Bell Creameries president, is set for March 31 in Austin’s Western District Court. Federal

By Dan Flynn

/ 21 Feb 2023

Austin judge issues Final Docket Call for second criminal trial of retired Blue Bell exec

Blue Bell’s insurance carriers do not have to pay for the 2015 Listeria outbreak damages

Federal Judge Robert Pitman, who presided over the 15-day mistrial of Blue Bell’s former president, has ruled in another case involving the Brenham, TX-based creamery. From his Western District

By Dan Flynn

/ 26 Aug 2022

Blue Bell’s insurance carriers do not have to pay for the 2015 Listeria outbreak damages

In Austin, Texas, the trial of the retired Blue Bell president adjourns for the weekend

The United States v Paul Kruse trial in Austin, TX, has adjourned for the weekend. It will continue at 8:30 a.m. Monday, when presumably the jury will resume

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 Aug 2022

In Austin, Texas, the trial of the retired Blue Bell president adjourns for the weekend

Judge sequesters the Blue Bell jury

Federal Judge Robert Pitman Friday sequestered the jury deliberating for a third day over charges against the retired president of Blue Bell ice cream. Pitman “ordered that the jury be

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 Aug 2022

Jury picked for trial of former Blue Bell president; opening arguments today

AUSTIN — It was a long but primarily quiet Monday as a 12-man, four-woman jury was selected to hear the United States v. Paul Krause. Kruse is the retired president of

By Dan Flynn

/ 2 Aug 2022

Jury picked for trial of former Blue Bell president; opening arguments today

Kruse trial begins Monday with jury selection

At Broken Arrow, OK, Blue Bell Creamery made unlimited ice cream available for the 20th Annual Taste of Summer Festival. And a 13-year-old North Texas girl gave Blue Bell the

By Dan Flynn

/ 25 Jul 2022

Kruse trial begins Monday with jury selection

Preparations underway for Blue Bell trial

When a federal criminal trial is less than 60 days from jury selection, that’s usually when the pretrial stage heats up. But in the criminal case of United States

By Dan Flynn

/ 10 Jun 2022

Preparations underway for Blue Bell trial

Countdown to jury selection and trial for retired Blue Bell president

A “quiet period” in the criminal charges against the 67-year old retired Blue Bell ice cream president may be ending. Going on for four months, neither the government nor defense

By Dan Flynn

/ 2 Nov 2021

Countdown to jury selection and trial for retired Blue Bell president

As table set for United States v. Paul Kruse, save a place for Blue Bell

Federal Judge Robert Pitman set the table for the criminal trial of the United States vs. Paul Kruse, which begins in seven and half months in Austin, TX. Jury selection

By Dan Flynn

/ 29 Jul 2021

As table set for United States v. Paul Kruse, save a place for Blue Bell

Judge decides to delay criminal trial of former Blue Bell president until March 2022

Judge Robert Pittman has signed an order delaying the Blue Bell ice cream criminal trial by four months and six days. Jury selection for the prosecution of Blue Ball’s

By Dan Flynn

/ 14 Jul 2021

Judge decides to delay criminal trial of former Blue Bell president until March 2022

After review, judge orders quash of Kruse’s Blue Bell subpoena

Federal Judge Robert Pitman has ended defendant Paul Kruse’s search of his former employer’s files that might have helped in his November criminal trial. The judge has granted

By Dan Flynn

/ 29 Jun 2021

After review, judge orders quash of Kruse’s Blue Bell subpoena

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Plea agreement brings closure to Blue Bell’s last case involving the 2015 listeriosis outbreak

Austin judge issues Final Docket Call for second criminal trial of retired Blue Bell exec

Blue Bell’s insurance carriers do not have to pay for the 2015 Listeria outbreak damages

In Austin, Texas, the trial of the retired Blue Bell president adjourns for the weekend

Judge sequesters the Blue Bell jury

Jury picked for trial of former Blue Bell president; opening arguments today

Kruse trial begins Monday with jury selection

Preparations underway for Blue Bell trial

Countdown to jury selection and trial for retired Blue Bell president

As table set for United States v. Paul Kruse, save a place for Blue Bell

Judge decides to delay criminal trial of former Blue Bell president until March 2022

After review, judge orders quash of Kruse’s Blue Bell subpoena