SCOTX Reverses El Paso Court of Appeals Decision Blocking Landowner from Appealing Groundwater District’s Denial of Party Status

by George Christian | Mar 16, 2026

A unanimous Texas Supreme Court has reversed two El Paso Court of Appeals’ decisions holding that it lacked jurisdiction to consider a landowner’s appeal of the district’s denial of its request for party status to contest a permit application. Cockrell Investment...

Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Affirms TC Order Granting Summary Judgment for Employer in Dispute Over Arbitration Agreement

by George Christian | Mar 16, 2026

The Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has affirmed a TC order granting an employer’s motion for summary judgment in case in which an arbitrator determined that Plaintiff-employee had failed to adhere to the arbitration agreement’s requirement that she submit her...

Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Reverses TC Award of Prejudgment Interest in Excess of UIM Policy Limits

by George Christian | Mar 13, 2026

The Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court judgment in favor of the insured in a UIM case but reversed the trial court’s award of prejudgment interest in excess of policy limits. State Farm Automobile Insurance Company v. Lance Bellis (No....

15th Court of Appeals Reverses TC Mandamus to Force DPS to Disclose Materials Related to Uvalde Shooting to News Organizations

by George Christian | Mar 12, 2026

The 15th Court of Appeals has reversed a summary judgment for news organizations that made Public Information Requests for all materials, current and future, obtained by DPS in its investigation of the Uvalde school shooting. This doesn’t mean that some or all...

15th Court of Appeals Affirms TC Reversal of TCEQ Decision to Issue Water-Rights Permit to Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority

by George Christian | Mar 12, 2026

The 15th Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court ruling reversing TCEQ’s decision to grant a water-rights permit to a river authority for a substantial diversion of water from the Guadalupe River. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Guadalupe-Blanco...

Divided Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Holds That Third-Party Coverage Defendants in South Carolina Asbestos Case Have Standing to Appeal as Post-Judgment Intervenors in Texas Foreign Order Domestication Proceeding

by George Christian | Mar 11, 2026

Over a dissent, the Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has held that two insurers of a long dissolved Texas corporation facing an asbestos-related wrongful death suit in South Carolina have standing to appeal the company’s receiver’s suit to domesticate the South...

Business Court Splits Baby in Dispute Over Settlement Proceeds in Suit Between Eagleford Gas Producers

by George Christian | Mar 10, 2026

Following the second-ever trial held in the Business Court, the court determined that a squabble over allocation of the proceeds (and responsibility for paying attorney’s fees) of the settlement of a lawsuit brought by Sanchez Oil and Gas against a competitor who...

El Paso Court of Appeals Reverses TC Order Denying Medical Provider’s Objections to Plaintiffs’ Expert Reports

by George Christian | Mar 10, 2026

The El Paso Court of Appeals has returned a case to the trial court for erroneously overruling a home health care provider’s objections to Plaintiffs’ expert reports. AOC TX, LLC d/b/a Angels of Care Pediatric Home Health v. Naomi Landeros and Carlos Silva,...

In Case of First Impression Dallas Court of Appeals Hears Relator’s Motion for Rehearing Where It Dismissed Relator’s Original Proceeding as Moot

by George Christian | Mar 9, 2026

In a case of first impression, the Dallas Court of Appeals heard a relator’s motion for rehearing following its dismissal of the relator’s petition for writ of mandamus for mootness. The issue involved the construction of § 15.0642, CPRC, which establishes the...

Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses $12 Million Judgment, $700,000 Attorney’s Fee Award in Construction Contract Dispute

by George Christian | Mar 6, 2026

The Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed a $12 million judgment against a property owner and surety, along with $700,000 in attorney’s fees, in a breach of contract suit filed by a general contractor. KWA Construction, L.P. and Hartford Fire Insurance Company v. ADC...