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Divided Austin Court of Appeals Holds That Dram Shop Liability May Be Contractually Released in Advance
By a 2-1 vote, the Austin Court of Appeals has held that a country club that required people applying for membership to release the club from liability for its own...
Florida Cutting Auto Insurance Premiums by Live Insurance News
Florida’s top five auto insurance groups — Progressive, GEICO, State Farm, Allstate, and USAA — hold about 81 percent of the Florida auto market combined. The state...
Corpus Christi/Edinburg Court of Appeals Denies Rehearing, Issues Supplemental Opinion in Major Royalty Dispute
The Corpus Christi/Edinburg Court of Appeals has denied the parties’ motions for rehearing in a case in which the court reversed a sizable judgment against an oil...
15th Court of Appeals Grants Mandamus, Strikes Environmental Activist Group from TCEQ Enforcement Action
The 15th Court of Appeals has granted a petition for writ of mandamus in a case in which an out-of-state environmental advocacy organization intervened in a state...
TCJL Planning to File Amicus Brief in Case In Which Jury Awarded $2.8 Million For Injury With $225 in Medicals
The San Antonio Court of Appeals is preparing to hear a barbecue restaurant chain’s appeal of a Bexar County jury’s award of nearly $2.8 million in noneconomic and...
Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses Judgment Against Grocery Store for Third-Party Criminal Assault on Customers
The Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed a judgment against a grocery store claim in a case in which a third-party attacked a patron in the store. Fiesta Mart,...
Split San Antonio Court of Appeals Upholds $500,000 Mental Anguish Award for Alleged Mishandling of Cremains
In a 2-1 decision, the San Antonio Court of Appeals has upheld a $500,000 mental anguish damage award in a case involving a cemetery’s alleged mishandling of the...
Fort Worth Court of Appeals Dismisses HCLC Against Multiple Defendants for Incurable Deficiency in Expert Report
The Fort Worth Court of Appeals has thrown out a health care liability against several providers because Plaintiff’s expert report was so deficient as to constitute...
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Affirms TC Dismissal of Mass Claim by Homeowners Against Developer of Subdivision in The Woodlands
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order granting summary judgment to a developer and engineering company in a suit brought by hundreds of...
Business Court Hands Purchaser of Bulk Bleach Another Win
The Business Court has once again granted summary judgment in favor of a purchaser of bulk-bleach from a Greenville manufacturer. FSTI, Inc. v. PVS Minibulk, Inc.,...
Divided Austin Court of Appeals Holds That Dram Shop Liability May Be Contractually Released in Advance
By a 2-1 vote, the Austin Court of Appeals has held that a country club that required people applying for membership to release the club from liability for its own negligence was not liable under the Texas Dram Shop Act. This appears to be a matter of first impression...
Florida Cutting Auto Insurance Premiums by Live Insurance News
Florida’s top five auto insurance groups — Progressive, GEICO, State Farm, Allstate, and USAA — hold about 81 percent of the Florida auto market combined. The state says their indicated rate change for 2026 is a combined negative 12.6 percent. Commissioner Yaworsky...
Corpus Christi/Edinburg Court of Appeals Denies Rehearing, Issues Supplemental Opinion in Major Royalty Dispute
The Corpus Christi/Edinburg Court of Appeals has denied the parties’ motions for rehearing in a case in which the court reversed a sizable judgment against an oil and gas producer. But the court issued a supplemental opinion “to fully address issues raised by the...
15th Court of Appeals Grants Mandamus, Strikes Environmental Activist Group from TCEQ Enforcement Action
The 15th Court of Appeals has granted a petition for writ of mandamus in a case in which an out-of-state environmental advocacy organization intervened in a state enforcement action against chemical manufacturers permitted by the TCEQ. TCJL filed an amicus brief in...
TCJL Planning to File Amicus Brief in Case In Which Jury Awarded $2.8 Million For Injury With $225 in Medicals
The San Antonio Court of Appeals is preparing to hear a barbecue restaurant chain’s appeal of a Bexar County jury’s award of nearly $2.8 million in noneconomic and punitive damages for a minor injury that occurred when Plaintiff spilled two ounces of barbecue sauce in...
Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses Judgment Against Grocery Store for Third-Party Criminal Assault on Customers
The Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed a judgment against a grocery store claim in a case in which a third-party attacked a patron in the store. Fiesta Mart, L.L.C. d/b/a Fiesta v. Jose Guadalupe Fuentes Rodriguez and Maria Gonzalez (No. 05-24-00382-CV; October 13,...
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