SCOTX Grants Review in Medicaid Fraud Case

The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Dallas-area dentist’s appeal in a qui tam action involving about $538,000 in allegedly fraudulent Medicaid claims. Richard J. Malouf, D.D.S. v. The State of Texas Ex Rels. Dr. Christine Ellis, D.D.S., and Madelayne Castillo...

SCOTX Grants Mandamus in UIM Case

The Texas Supreme Court has granted mandamus vacating a trial court order to quash an insurer’s request for discovery in a UIM case. In re Liberty County Mutual Insurance Company and Marianne Michele Cagle (No. 22-0321; granted November 17, 2023) arose from a 2017 car...

SCOTX Issues Stay in Trucking Case Discovery Dispute

The Texas Supreme Court has granted temporary relief while it considers a petition for writ of mandamus in dispute over a Concho County trial court’s spoliation order in a commercial trucking accident case. In re Tri-National, Inc. (No. 23-081; stay order issued...

SCOTX Denies Review in Pair of Major Franchise Tax Cases

Over strenuous objections of business taxpayer organizations, the Texas Supreme Court has denied review of a pair of Austin Court of Appeals’ decisions upholding the Comptroller’s interpretation a 2007 statute dealing with the treatment of proceeds from the sale of...

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