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TCJL PAC 2022 General Election Judicial Endorsements
Texas Civil Justice League PAC 2022 General Election November 8, 2022 Early Voting October 24 through November 4, 2022 TCJL PAC Releases 2022 General Election...
SCOTX Reverses Houston [14th] Court of Appeals in Good Samaritan Duty Case
In a per curiam opinion without oral argument, the Texas Supreme Court has reversed a decision of the Houston [14th] Court of Appeals in a case involving the scope...
Fort Worth Court of Appeals Reverses Trial Court Application of Louisiana Law in Insurance Dispute
In an interesting choice-of-law analysis, the Fort Worth Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded a trial court judgment awarding a factoring company statutory...
Divided Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Affirms TC Appointment of Special Master to Conduct Board of Directors Election
A dispute over the governing documents of a non-profit organization has raised an interesting question about trial court’s authority to prescribe a remedy that...
Beaumont Court of Appeals Allows Ultra Vires Claim Against City Employee Proceed in Case Involving Oil and Gas Operations
A dispute between the City of Port Arthur and a property owner over the use of a city street to transport heavy loads of pipeline equipment and oil and gas drilling...
Dallas Court of Appeals Affirms Denial of TCPA Motion to Dismiss in Contract Dispute
In a case involving a dispute between an investor/consultant and Delaware-based entities, the Dallas Court of Appeals has upheld a Collin County district court’s...
Update on SB 8 Litigation in State Courts
Here a brief update of the status of SB 8-related litigation in state courts. In re Texas Heartbeat Act Litigation (No. 21-0782) The main event in state court is the...
San Antonio Court of Appeals Affirms Rare Summary Judgment in Adverse Possession Case
Claims to title to real property by adverse possession are generally so fact intensive that they easily defeat a motion for summary judgment. But in Kothmann v....
Ford Motor Company Prevails in Discovery Dispute Before Corpus Christi Court of Appeals
7In an important case of first impression, the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals has granted a conditional writ of mandamus directing a trial court to vacate its order...
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Upholds Trial Court Denial of Motion to Dismiss Chapter 74 Health Care Liability Claim
Under a recent decision by the Houston [1st] Court of Appeals, a medical malpractice claim against two physicians and their employer hospital will go forward. Jerry...
TCJL PAC 2022 General Election Judicial Endorsements
Texas Civil Justice League PAC 2022 General Election November 8, 2022 Early Voting October 24 through November 4, 2022 TCJL PAC Releases 2022 General Election Judicial Endorsements September 30, 2022 (Austin): The Texas Civil Justice League Political Action Committee...
SCOTX Reverses Houston [14th] Court of Appeals in Good Samaritan Duty Case
In a per curiam opinion without oral argument, the Texas Supreme Court has reversed a decision of the Houston [14th] Court of Appeals in a case involving the scope of the duty of a Good Samaritan who renders assistance to another without compensation. Three Aces...
Fort Worth Court of Appeals Reverses Trial Court Application of Louisiana Law in Insurance Dispute
In an interesting choice-of-law analysis, the Fort Worth Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded a trial court judgment awarding a factoring company statutory punitive damages against a Texas-based insurer. The court ordered a new trial applying substantive Texas...
Divided Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Affirms TC Appointment of Special Master to Conduct Board of Directors Election
A dispute over the governing documents of a non-profit organization has raised an interesting question about trial court’s authority to prescribe a remedy that neither of the parties to the dispute requested. The Nigerian Foundation v. Bedford Umezulike, Kenny...
Beaumont Court of Appeals Allows Ultra Vires Claim Against City Employee Proceed in Case Involving Oil and Gas Operations
A dispute between the City of Port Arthur and a property owner over the use of a city street to transport heavy loads of pipeline equipment and oil and gas drilling mud has survived a plea to the jurisdiction. City of Port Arthur, Texas and Alberto Elefano, In His...
Dallas Court of Appeals Affirms Denial of TCPA Motion to Dismiss in Contract Dispute
In a case involving a dispute between an investor/consultant and Delaware-based entities, the Dallas Court of Appeals has upheld a Collin County district court’s denial of the investor’s TCPA motion to dismiss. Douglas D. Box v. Petrotel Oman LLC, Petrotel Oman...
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