by George Christian | Sep 25, 2025
Applying the discovery rule, the Dallas [First Division] Business Court has held that an investment fund brought a fraudulent concealment claim against a healthcare lab and diagnostic services provider too late. Riverside Strategic Capital Fund I, L.P.; RSCF Blocker...
by George Christian | Sep 24, 2025
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has reversed a $15 million judgment against CenterPoint Energy in a premises liability case. CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLCv. Garett Wilder (No. 01-22-00853-CV; August 7, 2025) arose in 2019 after Plaintiff fell from a...
by George Christian | Sep 23, 2025
The Houston [11th Division] Business Court has determined that a pipeline term added by the seller of natural gas to a form purchase-and-sale contract was binding on the parties and became part of their contract for purposes of the seller’s invocation of a...
by George Christian | Sep 22, 2025
The 11th Court of Appeals has affirmed two partial summary judgements granted by a Midland trial court in a mineral interest dispute that generated two permissive appeals to the court of appeals. The Thagard Mineral Partnership, LP v. Michael L. Cass et al. (No....
by George Christian | Sep 19, 2025
The Texas Supreme Court has granted review of a Corpus Christi Court of Appeals decision reversing a Bexar County trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of HEB in a slip-and-fall case. Marissa Peterson v. HEB Grocery Co., L.P. (No. 24-0310, granted September...
by George Christian | Sep 18, 2025
A divided 15th Court of Appeals has dismissed a utility’s petition for judicial review of a PUC rate order on the basis that the utility didn’t file a second motion for rehearing after the agency, in response to the utility’s original motion for rehearing, made some...
by George Christian | Sep 17, 2025
The Texas Supreme Court has granted review of a San Antonio Court of Appeals decision affirming a trial court judgment recognizing an electric co-op’s easement by estoppel for a power line upgrade. John P. Boerschig v. Rio Grande Electric Cooperative, Inc. (No....
by George Christian | Sep 16, 2025
The El Paso Court of Appeals has admonished an El Paso district court for failing to comply with a mandamus order issued by the Texas Supreme Court. Rudolph Automotive, LLC d/b/a Rudolph Mazda v. Andrea Juarez, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Irma...
by George Christian | Sep 15, 2025
The Texas Supreme Court has scheduled oral argument in In re Bell Helicopter Services, Inc. and Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (No. 24-0883) on December 3. This case arose from a fatal accident involving a helicopter manufactured and sold by Bell in 1997. The accident...
by George Christian | Sep 15, 2025
The Dallas (1st Division) Business Court has granted special appearances of two-thirds of the defendants in a massive fraud case originally filed in Dallas County district court. Riverside Strategic Capital Fund I, L.P.; RSCF Blocker True Health, LLC; and RSCF I-A...
