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Waco Court of Appeals Affirms Trial Court’s Denial of Summary Judgment for Workers’ Compensation Carrier
The Waco Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order denying a workers’ compensation carrier’s motion for summary judgment and entering a judgment overturning...
TCJL Legislative Tracking Report 12-2-22
TCJL Tracked Bill List Friday, December 2, 2022 The bill filing period opened on Monday, November 14, 2022. It will close on Friday, March 10, 2023. The 88th...
Trucking Company’s Assertion That Occupation Tax Exemption Carries Over to Franchise Tax Fails in Corpus Christi Court of Appeals
Affirming determinations by the Comptroller, SOAH, and a Travis County district court, the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals rejected an interstate hauler’s attempt to...
Tyler Court of Appeals Rejects Challenge to Chapter 381 Agreement
Chapters 380 and 381, Local Government Code, permit municipalities and counties to make loans and grants of public money for the purpose of incentivizing local...
TCJL Requests Rulemaking on Third Party Litigation Funding
In a letter to Chief Justice Hecht earlier this week, TCJL requested that rulemaking be initiated to require some form of disclosure of the existence of third-party...
SCOTX Takes Up Dispute Between Houston Firefighters and Houston Police Union, City of Houston
The Texas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this morning in a contentious dispute pitting the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association against the Houston...
Corpus Christi Court of Appeals Decides Issue of First Impression Regarding UM/UIM Coverage
Accepting a permissive appeal from a Victoria County district court, the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals recently ruled that a UM/UIM policy did not exclude coverage...
Prefiled Workers’ Compensation Bills Undermine 1989 Reforms
Over the past two sessions, we have observed with growing concern the Legislature’s willingness to consider and enact legislation weakening the 1989 workers’...
German Automakers’ Attempt to Disqualify Commissioned Justices Fails
Last week the Texas Supreme Court issued a per curiam opinion in response to objections lodged by two German automakers, Volkswagen and Audi, to the gubernatorial...
SCOTX Remands Case Involving Key Piece of 2003 Tort Reform
A recent decision by the Texas Supreme Court provides significant clarification of the proper application of §74.503, CPRC, which requires, upon request of a...
Waco Court of Appeals Affirms Trial Court’s Denial of Summary Judgment for Workers’ Compensation Carrier
The Waco Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order denying a workers’ compensation carrier’s motion for summary judgment and entering a judgment overturning a decision of TDI appeals panel. Ace Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Homer Ladd (No....
TCJL Legislative Tracking Report 12-2-22
TCJL Tracked Bill List Friday, December 2, 2022 The bill filing period opened on Monday, November 14, 2022. It will close on Friday, March 10, 2023. The 88th Legislature will convene on Tuesday, January 9, 2023. Note: We assign bills to these categories based on our...
Trucking Company’s Assertion That Occupation Tax Exemption Carries Over to Franchise Tax Fails in Corpus Christi Court of Appeals
Affirming determinations by the Comptroller, SOAH, and a Travis County district court, the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals rejected an interstate hauler’s attempt to obtain a refund for franchise taxes paid from 2014 to 2016. Swift Transportation Co. Of Arizona, LLC....
Tyler Court of Appeals Rejects Challenge to Chapter 381 Agreement
Chapters 380 and 381, Local Government Code, permit municipalities and counties to make loans and grants of public money for the purpose of incentivizing local economic development. Chapter 380 and 381 agreements are popular tools because they give local governments...
TCJL Requests Rulemaking on Third Party Litigation Funding
In a letter to Chief Justice Hecht earlier this week, TCJL requested that rulemaking be initiated to require some form of disclosure of the existence of third-party litigation funding agreements to the court and parties under appropriate circumstances. Our letter asks...
SCOTX Takes Up Dispute Between Houston Firefighters and Houston Police Union, City of Houston
The Texas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this morning in a contentious dispute pitting the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association against the Houston Police Officers’ Union and the City of Houston. Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association, et al....
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Summer 2021
Highlights
TCJL 2021 Legislators of the Year
• Senator Kelly Hancock (R-North Richland Hills)
• Senator Brian Birdwell (R-Granbury)
• Senator Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham)
• Representative DeWayne Burns (R-Cleburne)
• Representative Joe Deshotel (D-Beaumont)
• Representative Reggie Smith (R-Sherman)
2021 Session Report
• Judicial Reform
• Tort Liability
• Medical Liability
• Product Liability
• Eminent Domain
• Oil & Gas Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Employment Law
• Construction Law
• Procedure/Discovery/Privilege/Limitations
• Insurance
• Workers Compensation
• Civil Rights
• Court Records, Filing Fees, and Costs
• Judicial Matters
• Jury Matters
• Attorney’s Fees
• Practice of Law
• Landlord-Tenant
• Administrative Procedures
Amicus Report
• In Re Leon Paul Savoy
• In Re ExxonMobil
• In Re K&L Auto Crushers and Gothard
• In Re Southwestern Energy
• ExxonMobil v San Francisco
• Plaquemines Parish v Riverwood
• Signature Industrial and Ogden v International Paper
• Brewer v Lennox
• Van Dyke v Builders West
• Texas Mutual v PHI Air Medical
• Khosrow Sadeghian v Jaco
• Hlavinka v HSC
• In re Academy
87th Legislature Shrinks Government Power During Pandemic
Dallas Court Upholds Nuclear Verdict in Product Liability Case
Eminent Domain Reforms Enacted
SCOTX Addresses Paid or Incurred, Medical Expense Affidavits
Redistricting
SCOTX Approves Use of Declaratory Judgment Act, Attorney Fees in UIM Cases
Chairman’s Column
TCJL Board of Directors