by George Christian | May 20, 2025
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Houston [14th] Court of Appeals decision holding that the TCPA does not apply to a negligent hiring, training, and supervision claim. Walgreens v. Pamela McKenzie (No. 23-0955; May 16, 2025) arose from an incident at a Houston...
by Carol Sims | May 20, 2025
Senate Natural Resources 9:00, Wednesday, May 21, 2025 E1.012 Hearing Notice Video Link Please attend the hearing or send a representative to register FOR HB 49 Produced Water Liability HB 49 by Darby (R-San Angelo) and Senator Perry (R-Lubbock) HB 49 by Rep. Darby...
by George Christian | May 19, 2025
The Texas Supreme Court, largely siding with the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals, has held that a 1947 conveyance of oil, gas, and other minerals did not transfer to the mineral owner ownership of or right to use (for storing oil and gas produced offsite) empty salt...
by George Christian | May 19, 2025
In a concurring opinion to one of four cases in which settling parties asked the Texas Supreme Court to vacate appellate decisions by the Dallas, Corpus Christi, Eastland, and Beaumont Court of Appeals, Justice Sullivan, joined by Justice Busby, called upon litigants...
by George Christian | May 19, 2025
The Austin Court of Appeals has allowed a suit filed by a visitor to the city’s pet adoption center who was attacked and bitten by a dog on display at an adoption event and fundraiser. City of Austin v. Katherine Michelle Miller (No. 03-24-00385-CV; May 1, 2025) arose...
by Justin Gailey | May 16, 2025
TCJL Tracked Bill List 5.15.25 May 15, 2025 Quick Highlights • Nuclear Verdicts: SB 30 substitute expected from House JCJ shortly. SB 30 passed the Senate on 4-16. HB 4806 heard in House JCJ this week. Nuclear Verdicts Resource Page ARTICLE: House JCJ Hearing on SB...
by George Christian | May 16, 2025
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Houston [14th] Court of Appeals decision holding that a defendant who received notice of judgment by email, when the former version of Rule 306a required the clerk to send notice by first-class mail, had actual knowledge of the...
by George Christian | May 15, 2025
An apparently agreed version of the business court clean-up legislation, HB 40, has passed the House. The Senate version, SB 2883, has already been heard in Senate Jurisprudence. The agreed version is somewhat skinnier than the bill originally filed in the House (only...
by George Christian | May 15, 2025
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Dallas Court of Appeals decision in a case stemming from a fatal shooting at a Dallas-area Home Depot in 2018. The facts of Chad Seward, Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., and Point 2 Point Global Security, Inc. v. Rogelio Santander Sr....
by George Christian | May 14, 2025
In an important decision for narrowing the scope of the Texas Citizens Participation Act (Ch. 27, CPRC), the Texas Supreme Court has held that the TCPA does not apply to a motion to compel discovery and for monetary sanctions for discovery abuses. In so doing the...
