by George Christian | Dec 27, 2024
In a case we reported on early last spring, the Texas Supreme Court has granted review in a case in which the trial court struck a non-subscriber’s designation of responsible third parties in a negligence lawsuit brought by the non-subscriber’s employee. The Court...
by George Christian | Dec 26, 2024
The Texas Supreme Court will review a Houston [14th] Court of Appeals decision allowing a mass $10 billion nuisance suit against electric transmission and distribution utilities to proceed in a Harris County multidistrict litigation court. In November TCJL filed...
by George Christian | Dec 23, 2024
In August we reported that the Texas Supreme Court had granted review of a Houston [14th] Court of Appeals case in which the court rejected the insurer’s argument that an excess policy with a “following form” provision incorporating the terms and conditions of the...
by George Christian | Dec 20, 2024
Section 41.0115(a), CPRC, requires before a trial court may grant a net-worth discovery order upon motion of a party, it must notify the defendant and hold a hearing on the motion. This is precisely what the trial court in In re Madera Residential, LLC and Madera...
by George Christian | Dec 19, 2024
In one of the stranger cases we’ve seen in a while (which is saying a lot), the Fort Worth Court of Appeals has reversed a nearly $200,000 judgment against an insurer for contractual and extracontractual damages arising from an alleged lightning strike at the...
by George Christian | Dec 18, 2024
Reversing the Amarillo Court of Appeals, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that plaintiffs in a Chapter 74 health care liability case produced sufficient expert reports to defeat defendants’ motion to dismiss. Daniel Walker and Kristen Walker v. Baptist St. Anthony’s...
by George Christian | Dec 17, 2024
On Monday TCJL filed an amicus curiae brief in an important case out of the Dallas Court of Appeals, Raoger Corporation v. Barrie Myers (No. 23-0662). The case involves the application of the Texas Dram Shop Act (Chapter 2, Alcoholic Beverage Code). As you may recall...
by George Christian | Dec 16, 2024
A special court of review consisting of three court of appeals justices who were defeated in the recent election has exonerated as Harris County district judge whom the State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly reprimanded for willful and persistent conduct...
by George Christian | Dec 13, 2024
The Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has ruled that a trial court has no inherent authority to award post-arbitration attorney’s fees to a claimant seeking to confirm an arbitration award. CPM of America, LLC v. Roberto Gonzalez (No. 14-23-00720-CV;...
