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Fort Worth Court of Appeals Mandamuses Trial Court That Failed to Hear Net-Worth Discovery Motion
Section 41.0115(a), CPRC, requires before a trial court may grant a net-worth discovery order upon motion of a party, it must notify the defendant and hold a hearing...
New Causes of Action Tracker – 89th Lege 2025
Draft under construction New Causes of Action and Penalties filed in the 89th Texas Legislature
Fort Worth Court of Appeals Reverses Insured’s Judgment in Lightning Strike Case
In one of the stranger cases we’ve seen in a while (which is saying a lot), the Fort Worth Court of Appeals has reversed a nearly $200,000 judgment against an...
SCOTX Reverses Amarillo Court of Appeals, Finds Chapter 74 Expert Reports Sufficient
Reversing the Amarillo Court of Appeals, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that plaintiffs in a Chapter 74 health care liability case produced sufficient expert...
TCJL Files Brief in Dram Shop Case
On Monday TCJL filed an amicus curiae brief in an important case out of the Dallas Court of Appeals, Raoger Corporation v. Barrie Myers (No. 23-0662). The case...
Special Court of Review Exonerates Harris County District Judge With 30 Mandamus Petitions for Failing to Rule on Motions
A special court of review consisting of three court of appeals justices who were defeated in the recent election has exonerated as Harris County district judge whom...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Rules That Trial Courts Have No Inherent Authority to Award Post-Arbitration Attorney’s Fees
The Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has ruled that a trial court has no inherent authority to award post-arbitration attorney's fees to a claimant seeking to confirm...
SCOTX Holds That Homeowners Established Jurisdiction in Case Involving Irrigation District Effort to Collect Two-Decade-Old Assessments
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Corpus Christi Court of Appeals decision upholding a trial court order dismissing homeowners' suit against an irrigation...
SCOTX Mandamuses Trial Court Over Denial of Defendants’ Motion to Withdraw and Amend Requests for Admissions
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed the Dallas Court of Appeals’ denial of defendants’ petition for writ of mandamus in a case in which the trial court refused to...
Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses Multimillion Contract Damages Award
The Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed a multimillion dollar trial court judgment in a case involving an aborted sale of a Houston specialty grocery store. World...
Fort Worth Court of Appeals Mandamuses Trial Court That Failed to Hear Net-Worth Discovery Motion
Section 41.0115(a), CPRC, requires before a trial court may grant a net-worth discovery order upon motion of a party, it must notify the defendant and hold a hearing on the motion. This is precisely what the trial court in In re Madera Residential, LLC and Madera...
New Causes of Action Tracker – 89th Lege 2025
Draft under construction New Causes of Action and Penalties filed in the 89th Texas Legislature
Fort Worth Court of Appeals Reverses Insured’s Judgment in Lightning Strike Case
In one of the stranger cases we’ve seen in a while (which is saying a lot), the Fort Worth Court of Appeals has reversed a nearly $200,000 judgment against an insurer for contractual and extracontractual damages arising from an alleged lightning strike at the...
SCOTX Reverses Amarillo Court of Appeals, Finds Chapter 74 Expert Reports Sufficient
Reversing the Amarillo Court of Appeals, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that plaintiffs in a Chapter 74 health care liability case produced sufficient expert reports to defeat defendants’ motion to dismiss. Daniel Walker and Kristen Walker v. Baptist St. Anthony’s...
TCJL Files Brief in Dram Shop Case
On Monday TCJL filed an amicus curiae brief in an important case out of the Dallas Court of Appeals, Raoger Corporation v. Barrie Myers (No. 23-0662). The case involves the application of the Texas Dram Shop Act (Chapter 2, Alcoholic Beverage Code). As you may recall...
Special Court of Review Exonerates Harris County District Judge With 30 Mandamus Petitions for Failing to Rule on Motions
A special court of review consisting of three court of appeals justices who were defeated in the recent election has exonerated as Harris County district judge whom the State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly reprimanded for willful and persistent conduct...
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