How Profiteers Lure Women Into Often-Unneeded Surgery
How Profiteers Lure Women Into Often-Unneeded Surgery
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Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Allows Property Owners to Proceed Against River Authority on Statutory Takings Claims
The legal ramifications of Hurricane Harvey continue to percolate through the courts. In San Jacinto River Auth. v. Brocker, et al., (No. 14-18-00517-CV), property owners sued SJRA when their houses were flooded by a release of water from Lake Conroe dam. They...
San Antonio Court of Appeals Reverses Grant of Rule 91 Motion to Dismiss
It has been 10 years since the Legislature, as part of the “loser pays” legislation championed by former Governor Rick Perry, directed the Texas Supreme Court to adopt a rule authorizing a trial court to dismiss a cause of action that has no basis in law or fact. Use...
Dallas Court of Appeals Declines to Recognize Private Cause of Action under Insurance Code
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