by George Christian | Apr 15, 2025
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Dallas Court of Appeals decision that overturned a trial court order granting summary judgment to a restaurant under the Texas Dram Shop Act. In a case upon which reported last October, Raoger Corporation v. Barrie Myers (No....
by George Christian | Apr 14, 2025
The Texas Supreme Court has granted review of a San Antonio Court of Appeals’ decision affirming a trial court order reviving a plaintiff’s already-dismissed suit against an architectural firm. Studio E. Architecture and Interiors, Inc. v. Emily Lehmberg (No. 24-0286;...
by George Christian | Apr 11, 2025
Michael Joseph Bacsik v. Fred Britton, Charles Britton, and Autographs Ink, Inc. (No. 05-24-00934-CV; February 25, 2025) arose from a series of disputes over allegedly stolen sports trading cards. The problems began when Bacsik asked Fred Britton to value certain...
by George Christian | Apr 10, 2025
In re State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (No. 13-24-00162; February 26, 2025) from a dispute over underinsured motorist benefits. After suffering alleged injuries in a car accident, Plaintiff sued State Farm for declaratory relief and damages. Plaintiff...
by George Christian | Apr 9, 2025
We recently reported on Senate passage of SB 293 by Sen. Huffman, which overhauls the Judicial Conduct Commission’s disciplinary process and, among other things, increases judicial compensation. This morning the House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee...
by George Christian | Apr 9, 2025
Last March we reported on a Dallas Court of Appeals decision holding that a homeowners insurance policy with a special deductible for damage caused by a “windstorm” does not apply to damage caused by a tornado. Last week, the Texas Supreme Court granted the insurer’s...
by George Christian | Apr 8, 2025
The Texas Supreme Court has granted a highway contractor’s petition for review of a Houston [14th] Court of Appeals holding that § 97.002, CPRC, which protects a contractor from liability if the contractor performs the work in substantial compliance with TxDOT’s...
by George Christian | Apr 7, 2025
In one of the strangest cases we’ve ever seen, the Beaumont Court of Appeals has finally put to rest a dispute over homeowner’s coverage that dragged out over five years and featured conflicting representations of whether the plaintiff was alive or not. Michael...
by George Christian | Apr 4, 2025
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed an Austin Court of Appeals decision throwing out a declaratory judgment action challenging the applicability of a rule requiring a possessor of radioactive material to obtain a license where a lienholder foreclosed on real property...
by George Christian | Apr 4, 2025
A unanimous vote of the House Delivery of Government Efficiency Committee has sent much-discussed artificial intelligence regulatory legislation to the Calendars Committee. CSHB 149 makes reorganizes and makes significant changes from the filed version. Those changes...
