{"id":348292,"date":"2026-06-24T10:03:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T10:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/348292\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T10:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T10:03:33","slug":"long-weekend-lawsuit-hearing-delay-denied-by-harris-county-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/348292\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Weekend lawsuit hearing delay denied by Harris County judge"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Houston judge has refused to delay a hearing over alleged safety concerns<\/a> tied to an elevated playground structure<\/a> at a Heights restaurant, keeping the case on track as hurricane season raises added urgency around trees and fencing that residents say are already under strain.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The dispute stems from a lawsuit filed in late April<\/a> by Richard Fontenot, a longtime Heights resident who alleges Long Weekend’s elevated rope jungle gym and treehouse-style playground encroaches on neighboring properties and creates safety concerns. The restaurant, which formally opened in March<\/a>, has denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, a judge denied Fontenot’s request for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), which would have required immediate changes to the structure by Long Weekend<\/a>. However, the court allowed the broader case to continue and scheduled a hearing on Fontenot’s request for a Temporary Injunction for July 1.<\/p>\n

The Long Weekend later asked the court to postpone that hearing.<\/p>\n

In a June 17 filing, attorney Eric Lipper, who represents Long Weekend, said he was serving as lead counsel in a previously scheduled four-week arbitration that began June 16 and was expected to continue through the July 1 hearing date.<\/p>\n

Fontenot opposed the delay, arguing in a court filing that the timing heightened the urgency of the case as hurricane season begins in Houston.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The timing makes the delay more serious: hurricane season began June 1, and compromised trees should not remain under Defendant’s straps and ropes during storm season while awaiting a reset hearing,” Fontenot wrote.<\/p>\n

Later that day, the court denied Long Weekend’s motion for a continuance, keeping the July 1 injunction hearing on schedule.<\/p>\n

The July hearing will determine whether the court should issue a Temporary Injunction while the broader lawsuit proceeds.<\/p>\n

Court records also show the case remains on track beyond the July hearing. A Trial Preparation Order\u2014signed in May\u2014established deadlines in December for witness lists, exhibits and other pretrial filings.<\/p>\n

Neither Long Weekend nor Fontenot could be immediately reached for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Houston judge has refused to delay a hearing over alleged safety concerns tied to an elevated playground…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1836,1704,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-348292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-chronnews","tag-chronstaff","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}