by George Christian | Aug 18, 2025
In a negligence suit involving the immunity of highway construction contractors employed by TxDOT, the 14th Court of Appeals has ruled that the ultimate certification of a project’s contractual compliance does not grant immunity from accidents that occurred while the...
by George Christian | Aug 15, 2025
In re: Regency HIS of Longview, LLC d/b/a Longview Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (No. 12-25-00082-CV; July 31, 2025) arose from a Chapter 74 health care liability claim in which Plaintiff alleged that she sustained numerous injuries from allegedly negligent...
by George Christian | Aug 14, 2025
For the second time in just two weeks, the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals has chastised a Hidalgo County Court judge to follow the law in a windstorm case. In re Trisura Insurance Company, Eagle 1 Adjusting LLC, and Thomas Walter Theophilus Maretzki (No....
by George Christian | Aug 13, 2025
The Eastland Court of Appeals has reversed a judgment against a workers’ compensation carrier for bad faith and DTPA violations arising out of a dispute over the terms of a comprehensive settlement agreement (CSA) executed under the pre-1989 workers’ compensation...
by George Christian | Aug 12, 2025
The Corpus Christi Court of Appeals has for the second time conditionally granted an insurer’s petition for writ of mandamus for a Hidalgo County trial court’s abuse of discretion. In re Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London Subscribing Severally to Policy No....
by George Christian | Aug 11, 2025
In the fourth installment of a massive lawsuit involving a dispute between majority and minority owners of horizontal drilling interests in the Permian Basin, the Dallas Business Court [First Division] has ruled that it does not have specific personal jurisdiction...
by George Christian | Aug 8, 2025
Applying the recent SCOTX decision in BRP-Rotax, the Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order denying the special appearance of an Iowa manufacturer who sold feed to an Illinois company that shipped the product to Texas. K.R.U., Ltd. d/b/a Feed Energy...
by George Christian | Aug 7, 2025
The San Antonio Court of Appeals has largely upheld a $1 million judgment in favor of the lessor of an upscale commercial aircraft in a contract dispute arising from an aircraft maintenance problem that delayed a flight chartered by Hollywood star Bruce Willis. Saturn...
by George Christian | Aug 5, 2025
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has granted mandamus to enforce a homeowner’s policy’s appraisal provision against an insured seeking nearly $2 million for a claim the insurer initially adjusted as worth less than the policy’s deductible. The facts of In re Allied...
by George Christian | Aug 4, 2025
The 15th Court of Appeals has affirmed a Bexar County district court order denying TxDOT’s plea to the jurisdiction in a case involving the construction of a plat that TxDOT asserted grants the agency part of a landowner’s property a public right-of-way for highway...
