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2026 Texas Judicial Appellate Seats on the Ballot Candidate Side-by-Side Comparisons www.texasjudges.org Judges are important. They have a direct impact on...
El Paso Court of Appeals Reverses TC Denial of City’s Plea to the Jurisdiction in Death Case Arising from Flash Flood
The El Paso Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order denying the City of El Paso’s plea to the jurisdiction in a suit arising from a flash flood that killed...
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Holds That Meso Cases Filed Before September 1, 2003 Exempt from MDL
We missed this decision in the summer, so apologies for the delayed response. In this important decision, a divided Houston [1st] Court of Appeals held that the...
Tyler Court of Appeals Rules for Taxpayer in Dispute With Smith County Taxing Units Over Allegedly Delinquent Taxes
The Tyler Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order dismissing a taxpayer’s common law declaratory judgment claim on the basis of governmental immunity....
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,...
Vote for Texas Judges! Compare Judicial Candidates
2026 Texas Judicial Appellate Seats on the Ballot Candidate Side-by-Side Comparisons www.texasjudges.org Judges are important. They have a direct impact on citizens, perhaps more than any other elected official, because they make decisions that can affect jobs,...
El Paso Court of Appeals Reverses TC Denial of City’s Plea to the Jurisdiction in Death Case Arising from Flash Flood
The El Paso Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order denying the City of El Paso’s plea to the jurisdiction in a suit arising from a flash flood that killed a toddler and her grandmother when the wall of their home collapsed. The City of El Paso, Texas,...
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Holds That Meso Cases Filed Before September 1, 2003 Exempt from MDL
We missed this decision in the summer, so apologies for the delayed response. In this important decision, a divided Houston [1st] Court of Appeals held that the asbestos/silica MDL court rules didn’t apply to claims filed before September 1, 2003, if claimants had...
Tyler Court of Appeals Rules for Taxpayer in Dispute With Smith County Taxing Units Over Allegedly Delinquent Taxes
The Tyler Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order dismissing a taxpayer’s common law declaratory judgment claim on the basis of governmental immunity. Oncor Electric Delivery Company NTU, LLC v. Smith County Tax Assessor-Collector, et al. (No.12-25-00282-CV;...
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...
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