by George Christian | Oct 2, 2025
The Texas Supreme Court has granted review of an Austin Court of Appeals decision affirming trial court orders dismissing a legal malpractice case under Rule 91a. Amber Carden and William Duncan McGee v. Minton, Bassett, Flores & Carsey, P.C. and John C. Carsey,...
by George Christian | Oct 1, 2025
In a case we missed the first time around, the Texas Supreme Court has denied review of a Dallas Court of Appeals decision reversing part of a summary judgment against a Dallas-based common carrier on claims asserted under Mexican law. Jose Luis Varela as...
by George Christian | Sep 30, 2025
In a case involving the former Chapter 313 tax limitation statute, the 15th Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order granting the Comptroller’s plea to the jurisdiction in a case in which the Comptroller withdrew a certificate of limitation after the law...
by George Christian | Sep 29, 2025
In a case involving policy exclusions purporting to exclude commercial losses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dallas Court of Appeals has in large part reversed and remanded a summary judgment in favor of the excess insurers. While the court upheld summary...
by George Christian | Sep 26, 2025
The Eastland Court of Appeals has granted a petition for writ of mandamus ordering a trial court to vacate an order levying sanctions against the Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association (TPCIGA), a non-party to a lawsuit between an insured and its...
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...
