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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.,...
SCOTX Rules That Arbitration and Indemnity Provisions in Trampoline Park Release Apply to Non-Signatory Third-Party Beneficiaries
The Texas Supreme Court has partially reversed a Houston [14th] Court of Appeal decision holding that arbitration and indemnity provisions in a release signed by a...
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,...
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 cremains of a family member. MP II, Inc. v. Kollars (No. 04-25-00453-CV; September 30, 2026) arose from a...
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